Honestly, would you really want to live in a place where it rains, not just frequently but constantly? I wouldn't and yes, that's my final answer. In Ray Bradbury's classic "All Summer in a Day", the people live in an underground city on Venus, and they only get to see the sun every several years! Actually, there are places on Earth that don't recieve sunlight for long periods of time like Antarctica. How do you think the penguins survive? The sun, in fact, is probably the single, most important thing to human life because it keeps us in orbit, provides us with light, and helps things grow. Obviously, this story is a fantasy because Venus is closer to the sun than Earth is, which means its average temperature is just a little bit hotter. Well, actually, its average temperature is near 800 degrees hotter!
In this story the scientists have predicted that on this day, the citizens of Venus will get to see the sun for about an hour. The children are so excited to see the sun because its never came into view during their lifetime. One girl, Margot, is unlike all the other children because she has seen the sun before. She had only moved to Venus 5 years ago, and she could hardly wait for the sun. Bradbury describes her as a pale girl whose life has been drained out of her because of depression. I would be really depressed too; it's like moving from Florida to the rainforest. Anyway, there was a boy in Margot's class, William, who liked to pick on Margot, so he locks her in a closet. Suddenly, the sun comes out and the excited children bask for an hour, and cry when the sun goes away. When the kids come back, they realize that they left Margot in the closet the whole time.
First, I would feel super-guilty if I was William. Finally, there are so many terrible things that I would want to do to William and the rest of the class if I was Margot.
In this story the scientists have predicted that on this day, the citizens of Venus will get to see the sun for about an hour. The children are so excited to see the sun because its never came into view during their lifetime. One girl, Margot, is unlike all the other children because she has seen the sun before. She had only moved to Venus 5 years ago, and she could hardly wait for the sun. Bradbury describes her as a pale girl whose life has been drained out of her because of depression. I would be really depressed too; it's like moving from Florida to the rainforest. Anyway, there was a boy in Margot's class, William, who liked to pick on Margot, so he locks her in a closet. Suddenly, the sun comes out and the excited children bask for an hour, and cry when the sun goes away. When the kids come back, they realize that they left Margot in the closet the whole time.
First, I would feel super-guilty if I was William. Finally, there are so many terrible things that I would want to do to William and the rest of the class if I was Margot.
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