20 pages 40 minutes read

Ray Bradbury

All Summer In A Day

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1954

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Essay Topics

1.

Choose three metaphors involving the sun to analyze. What do these comparisons reveal about sunlight and its role in the story?

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Discuss the significance of Margot’s silence at the end of the story. How does it fit into Bradbury’s broader juxtaposition of sound and silence in “All Summer in a Day”?

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Analyze the role that color plays in “All Summer in a Day.” How does it underscore and develop the story’s themes?