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Mrs Farzaneh

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1 Oral reproduction of stories

All summer in a day

Ray Bradbury

Do you know? Venus

because of it’s thick atmosphere , was filled with rain all the time . Seldom did the sun appear – once every seven years

and when it did the rocket men only had one or two hours

to enjoy it

SummeryThe story is about a class of schoolchildren on

Venus . The thick atmosphere of venus still exists at this time , and it is constantly raining . The sun is only visible for one hour every 7 years.

Margot is a little girl who moved to venus from Earth just 5 years before the story takes place , so she is the only one in her class to remember sunshine . She may return to Earth next year. The kids are jealous of Margot because she remember the sun . they were only two years old when it

was last visible from venus and do not remember . .

Summery she almost has a nervous breakdown because she

get so sick of living with the relentless rain. Margot describes the sun in the poem that she wrote as a ‘ sun flower ‘ a penny or like a fire in the stove . The other children not believe that she wrote . While the teacher is out of the room , other children lock Margot in the closet . The teacher takes the other children outside to enjoy the two hours of sunshine . They all forget about Margot . All at once , a girl starts to cry because she feels a raindrop in her hand . They realizes the rain is returning suddenly one of the children

Summery remembers Margot still locked in the closet and

let Margot out .

biographyRay Bradbury

American novelist , shortStory writer , essayist ,

Playwright , screenwriter And poet , was born

August 22,1920 in Waukegan,

biographyHe become a student

of life ,selling newspapers on L.A. street corners from 1938 to 1942 , spending hisnight in the public library and

his days at the typewriter.

biographyHe became a full-time

writer in 1943 and contributed numerous

short stories to periodicals before publishing a collection of them,

Dark Carnival , in 1947

biographyMarried since 1947 mr

.bradbury and his wife Maggie lived in Los Angeles

with their numerous cats. They raised four daughters

and had eight grandchildren.

vocabularyIntermixed = mixed together

Peer = look closely or carefully , esp . as if unable to see well

Gush = sudden outflow or out burst Concussion = violent shaking or shock

Stunned = impressed greatly Tat = ornament

Stir = sleep

vocabularySlacken = become slower

Crush = press close together fumble = move about awkwardly Frail = physically weak or delicate

Shove = rough push Tag = a game in which one child chases the

others and tries to touch one of themBlushing = a shamed

vocabularyDrenched = completely wet

Clutch = hold Surge = move forward in or like waves

Muffled = heard indistinctly , because an obstacle is in the way

Hurricane = storm with a violent wind Apparatus = toolBlooms = bud

vocabularyRepercussion = indirect effect or result

esp .unpleasant of an event , etc ; consequence

Rip = remove sth by pulling sharply Tremor = shake

Tile = slab of baked or other material used in rows for covering roofs , walls , floors , etc

Tumultuously = disorderlyWaver = shake or move unsteadily

vocabularyMattress = fabric case filled with soft or

springy material (eg . Wool ,hair , feathers , foam , rubber , etc )and used for sleeping on

Resilient = springing back to its original form after being bent , stretched , crushed , etc

Squint = look at sth with eyes half shut or turned sideways , or through a narrow opening

Protest = defianceHuge = big

vocabularySuspend = prevent from being in effect for a

time ; stop Savor = enjoy the taste or flavour of sthGhost = mind / idea Pale = washy

Whispered = hark

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Technic of literature

themeMargot epitomizes the story’s theme .

Loneliness , paleas white and almost ghostly . She is depressed and her debilitating situation is best attributed to the absence of the sun . Too much rain indeed that even to take a shower , she never wanted but the story also showed promise because though untold by author margot will be brought back to the

earth that she so longed to see again .

settingAll summer in a Day was set in venus ,

which ,because of it’s thick atmosphere , was filled with rain all the time . Seldom did the sun appear – once every seven years and when it did the rocket men only had one or two hours to enjoy it

characterProtogonist = Margot

Margot is a little , sicky girl who used to live in Ohio , she is the only child on Venus who can remember how the Earth and the sun looked like . A very frail girl who looked as if she had been lost . In the rain for years Margot was the subject of bullying among her classmates . They stuffed Margot inside the closet so she could not see the sun after

aprediction came that it would appear .

characterAntogonist = William

William is one of Margot’s classmate . He hates Margot because he thought she was weird and different from them . That is why on the day that sun was about to shine . He led the class

in stuffing Margot inside the closet.

conflict

Margot was sick for absence of the sun and want came back Earth and when the rain stopped the other children forget about Margot

climaxWhen the rain stopped and the sun came out

and children faced up to the sky and feeling the sun

ironyMargot is a symbol of a very frail girl who

looked as if she had been lost and a sad person

William is a symbol of jealous person and traitor

proverb

What is done can not be undone

اب رفته به جوی باز نمیگردد

conclusion

annoy people is easy but is not good

End