![]() ![]() The children tease her, saying the sun is not coming. She refuses to shower, because it is too much like the sound of the rain, and can’t participate in games because she’s gone numb. She is so tormented by the stormy weather that she has gone half mad and half catatonic at times. ![]() She is desperate to return to Earth, or at least see the sun for a bit. Since arriving on Venus, she’s never been able to enjoy her life underground and without the sun. Margot, who appears visibly washed out and drained from the absence of sunlight, isn’t the only one excited about it, but she is the most affected. In preparation for it, the students sing songs, write poems, and put paintings of sunny days on the walls. She says that the scientists have promised the two hour reprieve from the horrid conditions in which they live. In their classroom, the children excitedly ask their teacher about the coming event. They are cruelly envious that Margot does. Margot’s classmates don’t consciously remember the sun. On Venus, she and her other nine-year-old classmates are anxiously waiting for the two hour window of sunlight that will be its first appearance for the homesteaders of Venus in seven years. ![]() ![]() She can remember Earth and the warm, sunny days from her early childhood. Margot moved to Venus with her parents when she was four. How do authors do effectively present setting?.Can our environment change how we approach living?.Essential Questions for "All Summer in a Day" ![]()
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