In schools across the country, kids are bullied for not wearing the “right” brands or looking fragile and weak. Due to her appearance, it may be another leading factor to why the students bully her, which again relates to today’s society. Her appearance makes her appear weak and she does not fight back when a boy named William pushes her, but lets him do so to her. One can infer Margot is this way because she no longer has the sun and the constant rain has made her pale and feel weak, as she does not have the nutrients from the sun or the immune system like the children on Venus who have adapted without the sun. In the short story, Bradbury describes Margot as being pale and frail. Sometimes students, even Margot, are bullied due to their experience. People feel if someone is not like them then they should be shunned until they change their opinion. Discrimination due to individuality is something seen in today’s society from school to extra-curricular activities. The students discriminate Margot due to her knowledge of the sun and her hatred of the rain, which was depicted when she refused to shower due to the water. No one can relate to her and she is on the “outside looking in.” Bradbury was in a way reflecting how children act today towards one another by discriminating those who act different. Since she is an individual and different, Margot is very lonely. She will not change her opinion because others do not agree with her. She remembers the sun, and will openly discuss it, even though others despise her for it. Margot is an individual who does not conform to her society’s ways. Margot’s superior knowledge of the sun makes her different than the kids on Venus who never knew the sun. By the time they remember her in the closet, the rain has already started once again and Margot missed the sun. Before the sun comes out, the other students lock her in the closet jealous of her superior knowledge of the sun.
She wrote a poem about the sun, describing the sun in detail, which the other students did not believe but were angered over. Since she remembers the sun and it is what she always is thinking about, her classmates shun her. One girl within the class, Margot, moved from Earth and remembers the sun. On Venus it rains and they rarely see the sun, except for one hour every seven years. The short story, “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury tells the story of children who live on Venus.
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