He gave her a shove. But she did not move, rather she let herself be moved
only by him and nothing else. They edged away from her; they would not look at
her. She felt them go away.”
(i) Who is ‘she’ here? Describe her.
(ii) Where is this story set? Mention any two ways in which the way of life
on their planet differs from life on earth.
(iii) To what does Margot compare the sun? what does this tell us about
her?
(iv) How does Margot’s behaviour set her apart from the others? Why do
you suppose the other children treat her the way they do?
Answers
Answer:
1) The lines provided are from the short story "All summer day by day" by Ray Bradbury. She is Margot. She is nine years old. At the age of four, he moved to planet Venus (Ohio).
2) These lines are taken from the short story "All summer day by day" by Ray Bradbury. This is a science fiction novel. This set of stories is on the planet Venus. And the incident is at school. Margot, a nine-year-old girl, is the main character in a story that left the world for Venus at the age of four. Life on the planet Venus differs from life on earth in the following ways: The sun shines on the planet Venus once every seven years and that will be only two hours. And on the planet Venus it rains incessantly with storms for the remaining days.
3) These lines are taken from the short story "All summer day by day" by Ray Bradbury. On Venus the sun will shine once every seven years. When Margot's classmates talked about color and warmth at school, they all wrote poems, stories about the sun. Margot wrote in his poem The Sun is a flower that blooms for only one hour. For the first time in their life, they saw a bright light in their land, and they could not remember the last day since they were two. But Margot had seen the sun shine through her fourth year on earth. So he compared the sun to a cent and a fire on a stove. When he said he remembered the sun, everyone thought he was lying.
4) These lines are taken from the short story "All summer day by day" by Ray Bradbury. Margot was a very weak girl. He looks pale as if he were blue in the eyes, red in his lips and yellow in his hair washed away by the rain. His face was like pale snow. She was thin and quiet. He will not speak. And when he speaks, his voice is very low. Margot was different from most other children in appearance and conduct. He does not play or sing songs with them. She screamed and refused to take a shower in the school shower. She put her hands on her head and her ears so that the water would not touch her head. This shows that he was strange. She arrived in Venus for only five years and some children have lived there since birth. And it is said that the following year, his parents sent him back to earth. This behavior made him different from most other children.
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