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

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Qstn #4
How did the children feel about Margot when the sun was gone?OR
Why couldn't children meet each other's glances?
Ans : When the sun had gone and it started raining again, one of the children reminded of Margot to others. They remembered that she was still in the closet in which they had captured her. They stood as if someone had driven them. They looked at each other and then looked away. They glanced at the world that was raining and couldn't meet each other's glances. Their faces were solemn and pale. They felt ashamed of their action and realized how much Margot sacrificed when she moved from earth to Venus.

Qstn #5
Where had the Margot been captured? Who did it? Finally, how did she come out of that place?
Ans : Margot had been hidden in the closet in a room into the tunnel. She had been captured by the children of the Venus planet. The children, who criticized Margot, now began to understand her situation of what she had been feeling since her arrival on Venus. They did not understand the depression under which she was living on Venus. It was not until they spend time in the sun and then they realized their mistake and walked back slowly down the hall to the closet where they had captured Margot and opened it slowly and let the Margot out.

#1-b
Describe the life in Venus.

Ans :
The story is a Science fiction about the life on planet Venus where it had been raining constantly for the past seven years and the children who were born on that planet were only two years old when they had last seen the sunshine. They were confined in the thick glass windows from which they could hear the loud noise of the rain and it was so wet outside that there was rubber and ash coloured jungle of weeds, flowers and huge trees that covered the planet.

#1-c
What happened when the sun rose?

Ans :
When the sun rose, the children came out shouting and laughing on the jungle mattresses. The joy on the faces of the children on seeing the yellow sun was indescribable. Even after the teacher's instructions 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. The children living on planet Venus were so happy to welcome the sun as if a child feels when he or she gets a new toy. They turned their faces up to the sky again and again to feel the warmth of the sun. They ran among the trees and for the slipped and fell, pushed each other and played hide and seek. It seemed as if they got the life in real sense. They put their hands up to the yellowness of the sun and tried to feel it on their faces. They breathed the fresh air and listened to the silence which took them to the soundless and motionless sea.

#2-a
How does the story 'All Summer in a Day' starts with the darker side of human nature and ends on a note of hope?

Ans :
That humans are a complex lot, with varied emotions is conveyed through the story, "All in a Summer Day'. Margot is different from the rest of them as she has come from the earth and has seen the splendour of Sun. They tease her, treat her like a stranger; especially William, even calling her a liar for saying that she wrote a poem on Sun. They shove her, leave her alone, would not even look at her because she will not play games with them in the echoing tunnels of the underground city. She is made to feel different. They want to take revenge, so they lock her up in a dark tunnel and forget all about her till the sun appears and disappears. However, after rejoicing in the sun, the malice seems to wash away. They feel remorse and shame and slowly lets her out. We can feel there will be a better understanding among the children in future and Margot will be accepted as one of them.

#2-b
How does the writer contrast the scene of rain and darkness and the scene of Sun and brightness in the story?

Ans :
The story begins with the eagerness and excitement of the children to see the Sun that appears in the sky once in seven years. It had been raining all those seven years, thousands of days, from one end to the other compounded with rain the drum and gush of water, crystal fall of showers, concussion of storms and the tidal waves towering over them. The author says that a thousand forests had been crushed under the rain, sprouted again, only to be crushed again by the rain. In contrast, when the Sun came out, it was the colour of flaming bronze against a blazing blue sky. The forests came to lie, unfurling their tendrils and the children laughed, shouted in joy and fell on the grass and ran among the trees. It was as though a new life was flowing through their veins. The two hours of joy acted as a miracle in their hearts, wiping away all malice and bringing a new understanding towards their fellow student Margot whom they had hitherto considered as a stranger and a liar.

#2-c
Explore the feelings of Margot as portrayed by the writer.

Ans :
Margot, a nine-year-old girl feels like a stranger amidst the other children of her class. She is kept away by the others as they fell she is not like them. The main difference is that she has come from the earth where she had experienced the splendour of the sun, its warmth and brightness. She does not feel at ease with the cold climate and the incessant rain in Venus. She does not want to run and play with others in the corridors of the school, does not like to take a bath in the cold waters. Nobody believes her she has seen the Sun which comes only in seven years on the planet. When she writes poetic lines on the sun, others call her liar. So we see a little girl, who is shoved about, shunned by the children of her age, completely alone, sad and even locked up in a dark tunnel by the insensitive ones.