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Literary Appreciation Analysis of Prose

The document summarizes the short story "All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury. It describes the story's themes of bullying and self vs social conflict. The story is set on Venus where it rains for 7 years at a time, with only a 2 hour period of sun every 7 years. On the day the sun is due to appear, the other children bully and lock Margot in a closet because she remembers what the sun looks like from Earth, making them jealous of her knowledge. When the sun comes out briefly, the children experience its warmth but then forget about Margot locked away until it is too late for her to see the sun again for another 7 years.

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Literary Appreciation Analysis of Prose

The document summarizes the short story "All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury. It describes the story's themes of bullying and self vs social conflict. The story is set on Venus where it rains for 7 years at a time, with only a 2 hour period of sun every 7 years. On the day the sun is due to appear, the other children bully and lock Margot in a closet because she remembers what the sun looks like from Earth, making them jealous of her knowledge. When the sun comes out briefly, the children experience its warmth but then forget about Margot locked away until it is too late for her to see the sun again for another 7 years.

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LITERARY APPRECIATION ANALYSIS OF PROSE

1. Title : All Summer in a Day


2. Author : Ray Bradbury
3. Genre : Fantasy
4. Published : March, 1954
5. Publisher : The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
6. Theme : Bullying
7. Point of view : Third person point of view
8. Character and Characterization :
A. Margot
1) Physical : Blonde hair, pale white skin, blue eyes
2) Behavior : delicate and pale child, one who keeps to herself
B. William
1) Physical :-
2) Behavior : Jealously, harshly, hostile, envy
C. The children
1) Physical :-
2) Behavior : Followers (support William’s actions), thoughtlessness
9. Plot : exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution
10. Conflict : Self vs social
11. Settings :
A. Time
1) -
B. Place
1) Underground city (And this was because she would play no games with them in the
echoing tunnels of the underground city)
2) Venus (they had been on Venus all their lives)
C. Weather
1) Rain (It had been raining for seven years)
12. Summary
This story is set on the planet Venus, where the sun shines for only two hours once
every seven years. It opens on the day that the sun is due to make its appearance once again.
Margot and the other children in her school on Venus are nine years old. Margot came from
Earth to Venus five years ago. Therefore she accurately recalls the sun and the way it
looked and felt as it shone on her when she was back in Ohio. However, this is not the case
with the other children. They were far too young to remember what the sun was like when
last it shone upon them. They can only imagine the warmness of that sun upon their arms
and legs. Margot tells the others that the sun is round like a penny and hot like a fire in the
stove. The other children accuse her of lying, and they show their resentment of her
seeming superiority by locking her in a closet. When the Venus rains finally stop and the
sun comes out, it sends a flaming bronze color throughout the jungle growth. The children
soak up the life-giving sunshine until the rains start to fall again. The children now know
that Margot was telling the truth about the sun. Then and only then do they remember that
Margot is still locked in the closet. Prior to the sun's appearance, the children are described
as being so pale that they are almost colorless. The rain has washed the yellow from their
hair, the blue from their eyes, and the red from their lips. The good qualities in their
personalities have also seemingly been washed away because the children are quick-
tempered and spiteful. That they are cruel by locking Margot in a closet never occurs to
them. The sun, however, depicts a restoration for the children. It gives color to their
washed-out appearance, and it also enables them to possess new encouragement, strength,
and wholeness in their lives. Finally the children remember Margot, but for her, it is too
late, she must wait seven years to see the sun again.
13. Conclusion
A. Good point :
B. Bad Point : jealous of what Margot remembered.
C. Morals : don’t be so jealously to others. We must believe and be grateful all
of the time.

October 23, 2019

Rendyza Nancy, 16423011

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