Authors Note: this is the review of the short story “All Summer in a Day.”
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live on Venus? In the story “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury, some kids live on Venus and it rains for 7 years and the sun comes out every 7 years for only 2 hours. This story is an Irony because of its characteristics, symbolism, and how it fits on the ironic mode of literature plotline.
The characteristics of this story were that Margot got locked in the closet. That means that good, Margot, was weak and evil, The teacher, William, and the rest of the class, was strong because they were the ones that locked her in the closet. Also it was highly unrealistic because it rained for 7 years and was sunny for only 2 hours. Also that people could live on Venus, and even worse was that kids live on Venus. Neither of those things could ever happen in real life. Those are the characteristics of the story.
There is a lot of symbolism in this story. Some are that it is raining and that it is dark outside. Some of the colors are red, black, and gray. There aren’t any animals in the story. Another symbolism in the story is that she gets locked in the closet and couldn’t see the sun. When the kids let her out they realized what they had done.
The story is an irony of the characteristics and the symbolism. When the kids realized that they made Margot miss the only two hours of sun for the next seven years they felt bad. I would feel the same way if I did that but I’ve never done anything like that. So I don’t know what it would feel like but I bet they felt pretty bad. But then again that would never happen because it’s like almost sunny everyday here so I couldn’t really do anything like that. And we don’t live on Venus
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