
tells us that One of the reasons 3rd world countries are so unhealthy is that there is not enough food to go around. The day is not that far away in which we must come up with a solution on how to control the Earths population. In the short story All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury, we are reminded by the theme to appreciate the simple things on life. The story tries to solve this by having people move to Venus, but in the process they must sacrifice the sun. Overpopulation is becoming a serious problem for the planet Earth and we must find a way to fix it. You can read this short story for free here.There are 250,000 children born every day. I think All Summer in a Day should be read by everybody. I wished it were longer but I do know that this short story is perfect as it is. They think it is funny since they don’t understand how she feels. On the day the sun is expected to finally come out for a short time, Margot’s classmates play a prank on her. She yearns for the feel of warmth that the sun delivers. She does remember it though, from the time she still living on Earth.

It has been a long time since she has seen the sun. She lives on the planet where the sun rarely comes out. The time and setting only added to the atmosphere. It made me feel sadness deep within my heart. The atmosphere of the story was something that just gripped my heart. All Summer in a Day moved me greatly when I read it. My Thoughts: It amazes me how Bradbury is able to convey such a great amount of emotion in such a short amount of pages.

All of the children in Margot’s class are eagerly awaiting their first glimpse of the sun, but when the teacher leaves for a few minutes they decide to pull a very mean prank on Margot. The story takes place on the one day when the rain will stop and the sun will shine for a couple of hours. All of the rain and cloud cover on her new planet are affecting her emotions, but her chance to see the sun once again is quickly approaching. She remembers the sun shining on Earth – something that it rarely does on Venus. Synopsis: Margot is a nine year old girl whose family moved from Earth to Venus when she was four.
