Only One Hour

In "All Summer in a Day", by Ray Bradbury, a girl named Margot attends to school in the planet Venus, she comes from Iowa in the Earth. In Venus there is no sun and don't stop raining, the sun comes only one hour every seven years. In this school the kids are being mean to Margot because she has seen the sun before. When she is telling the kids how is the sun, they don't believe her and lock her in a closet, the sun come out, the kids play for one hour and Margot is locked in the closet. When the kids return they unlock her and she is not able to see the sun, Margot needs to wait seven more years.

Ray Bradbury is a great author, and he use as many of imagery like of personification. In this story you could find many examples of imagery. For example,

 "They stopped running and stood in the great jungle that covered Venus, that grew and never stopped growing, tumultuously, even as you watched it. It was a nest of octopi, clustering up great arms of fleshlike weed, wavering, flowering in this brief spring. It was the color of rubber and ash, this jungle, from the many years without sun."

Ray Bradbury wants you to understand how is this jungle, so he used the sense of sight to describe it so you can imagine it. here it says that the forest had weed, flowers, and the color of rubber and ash. Ray Bradbury not only uses imagery, but also characterization. For example,

"Oh, but," Margot whispered, her eyes helpless. "But this is the day, the scientists  predict,  they say, they know, the sun… All a joke !" said the boy, and seized her roughly. "Hey, everyone, let’s put he in a closet before the teacher comes !" No," said Margot, falling back".

In this quote, you can understand that Margot has the hope that the sun will come and she like the sun. also you can understand that the kids are mean to Margot because they hate her, that's why they put her in the closet.

This story was very interesting, it is one of my favorites. Ray Bradbury its a very good writer and I like how he writes about futuristic worlds. The message/theme of this story is Respect to others, Don't be shy of sharing what you know.