What Is The Theme Of All Summer In A Day

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In the story, All Summer In a Day by Ray Bradbury violence is fueled by jealousy. The kids in this class on Venus have never seen sunlight. The kids in the class learn that one girl in the class has seen sunlight, so the other kids in the class start to harass the girl. The kids in the class become so jealous that they become violent. The kids proceed to locking the girl in a closet. When the sun finally comes out the kids all run outside to play in the hour long sun. The girl is still locked in the closet for the entire time the sun was out. The story Ray Bradbury has many themes, but the main one is that jealousy can fuel violence. Margot the protagonist has memories of the sun from when she lived on earth, but now on Venus there

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