10: All Summer In A Day By Ray Bradbury : Icse-x-english

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Qstn #2
What did Margot refuse to do in the schoolroom? Why?
Ans : Once she had also refused to take shower in the school shower rooms and clutched her hands to her ears and over her head screaming. She had fond memories of sun and it appeared that she was totally distressed by the relentless rains, she wanted to go back. Since then she realized that she was different from other children and kept away.

Qstn #2
How did Margot realize that she was different from other children on the planet?

Qstn #3
Which rumour was spread among children in connection with Margot?
Ans : There was a rumour on the planet that she would be taken back to earth by her parents the following year and it was important also for her. Although it would mean the loss of thousands of dollars to her family but that was true. And that's why the children hated her for all these reasons. They hated her pale snow face, her silence, her thinness and her possible future.

Qstn #4
How did the children make fun of Margot?
Ans : The boy pushed her by saying "getaway". For the first time, she turned and looked at him. The boy shouted savagely not to wait around here and told her that she won't be able to say anything as nothing was going to happen that day. The other children blinked at him and then they understood his taunt and laughed and shook their heads. Margot was helpless still she told them that it was predicted by the scientists. But the boy said that it was a joke and seized her roughly.

Qstn #5
What was the reason behind the children's indifferent attitude towards Margot?
Ans : The children were jealous and cruel towards Margot. It was due to the natural tendency of human beings that when one is devoid of something that other gets, he or she feels indifference. The same thing happened to them. Since Margot had recently shifted to the planet Venus and she had all the memories of Earth, the children felt jealous of her. They could not accept the fact that Margot had the experience of living under the sun that was why they confronted and bullied her.

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Section : IV
The children lay out, laughing, on the jungle mattress, and heard it sigh and squeak under them resilient and alive. They ran among the trees, they slipped and fell, they pushed each other, they played hide-and-seek and tag, but most of all they squinted at the sun until the tears ran down their faces; they put their hands up to that yellowness and that amazing blueness and they breathed of the fresh, fresh air and listened and listened to the silence which suspended them in a blessed sea of no sound and no motion.

Qstn #1
In what way children showed their anger towards Margot?OR
Which idea did they conceive in mind for Margot?
Ans : Because Margot knew and remembered much about the sun than the other children, they were jealous of her. They thought of shutting her up in a closet. They caught her up forcibly and while she protested and pleaded and cried, they showed no sign of sympathy. They pushed her into a room, a closet and slammed and locked her. They stood outside looking at the door trembling from her beating and throwing herself against it. They could hear her muffled cries.

Qstn #2
What caused silence on the planet?
Ans : No sooner did the children come back to tunnel after locking Margot, the rain had stopped and their teacher asked them to be ready for viewing the sun. The whole crowd gathered near the door. It seemed as if in the midst of a film concerning an avalanche, a tornado, a hurricane, a volcanic eruption, something had gone wrong with the sound apparatus, thus cutting off all noise of the blasts and repercussions and thunders. The world ground to a standstill.

Qstn #3
How did the sun look like to them when it appeared after seven years?
Ans : The sun was the colour of flaming bronze and it was very large. The sky around it was a blazing blue sky colour. The jungle seemed to be burned with sunlight and the children rushed out shrieking into the springtime as if released from their long cast spell. Although it was a common sight for a common man but to them, it was like a blessing that only showered for a while after a span of a long period.

Qstn #4
The ecstatic joy felt by the children is very well depicted in the story. Describe.
Ans : The joy on the faces of the children on seeing the yellow sun is indescribable. When the sun came out all of them rushed out yelling into the springtime. Even after teacher's instruction and warning, they started running and turning their faces up to the sky and feeling the sun on their cheeks like a warm iron. They took off their jackets so that the sun could burn their arms. They found it better than sun lamps.

Qstn #5
How did Venus look like?
Ans : Venus was covered by a huge jungle which never stopped growing as there was excessive rain always. It was just like octopi, clustering up great arms of flesh like a weed, wavering, flowering in that brief spring when the sun appeared. Its colour was the colour of rubber and ash as it was without sun for many years. It was the colour of stones and white cheeses and ink; it was the colour of the moon. There were no vibrant colours due to the absence of the sun.

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Section : V
They stood as if someone had driven them, like so many stakes, into the floor. They looked at each other and then looked away. They glanced out at the world that was raining now and raining and raining steadily. They could not meet each other's glances. Their faces were solemn and pale. They looked at their hands and feet, their faces down. "Margot." One of the girls said, "Well... ?

Qstn #1
Who told the children about the sun's retreat?OR
Why did the girl wail?
Ans : In the midst of their running, children didn't realize that the sun was retreating. Suddenly a girl wailed and everyone stopped. She was standing in the open and as soon as she held her hand out she asked everyone to look at it. There was a single raindrop which meant that it was the time for the sun to retreat. The girl began to cry because the long-awaited moment came to an end very soon. Few cold drops fell on their noses and cheeks and their mouths. A cold wind began to blow and the sky darkened.

Qstn #2
How did the weather change after the sun vanished?
Ans : After the sun retreated, it faded behind the mist and few cold drops fell on the children's noses and cheeks and their mouths. A cold wind blew around them. The sky darkened into midnight in a flash. A boom of thunder startled the children and like leaves before a new hurricane, they tumbled upon each other and ran.

Qstn #3
What were the feelings of the children when it rained?OR
"Will it be seven more years"? Explain. Who asked this question?
Ans : The children were standing in the doorway of the underground for a moment until it was raining hard. Their happiness, excitement, merriment and laughter all came to an end soon. Lightning struck ten miles away, five miles away, a mile and a half-mile. They closed the door and again heard the same common gigantic sound of the rain falling in tons and avalanches everywhere and forever which meant that again for seven more years they had to wait to catch a beautiful yellow glimpse of the sun. This question was asked by one of the students.