Margot stood alone. She was a very frail girl who looked as if she had been lost in the rain for years and the rain had washed out the blue from her eyes and the red from her mouth and the yellow from her hair. She was an old photograph dusted from an album, whitened away, and if she spoke at all her voice would be a ghost.

All in a Summer Day by Ray Bradbury

I chose this passage because I loved the figurative language that it included. It grabbed me from the start because it evoked a sad feeling in me. There are times when I have felt sad like this, so I made an authentic connection to it.

“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 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. They looked at everything and savored everything. Then, wildly, like animals escaped from their caves, they ran and ran in shouting circles. They ran for an hour and did not stop running.” -Ray Bradbury, All Summer in a Day

This quote resonates with me because I think it truly depicts the nature of children and how they play. I think Bradbury did an amazing job telling the children’s emotions, and the overall vibe that children give off when they play, which I think is very beautiful. I haven’t seen many authors be able to depict something like this so perfectly, so I feel very connected to this passage.

“They stopped running and stood in the great jungle that covered Venus, that grew and never stopped growing, tumultuously, even as you watched it. It was a nest of octopuses, clustering up great arms of flesh like weed, wavering, flowering in this brief spring. It was the color of rubber and ash, this jungle, from the many years without sun. It was the color of stones and white cheeses and ink, and it was the color of the moon. 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 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. They looked at everything and savored everything.” - All Summer In A Day, by Ray Bradbury

I chose this quote because it to me represents 1 good day after a series of bad days. They are experiencing true joy and light for 1 singular hour after having a dreary storm for 7 years. This emotionally impacts me because it is true that a majority of my days in middle school have at least a little stress in them and it always feels good to have a calm peaceful day with friends.

“But then they always awoke to the tatting drum, the endless shaking down of clear bead necklaces upon the roof, the walk, the gardens, the forests, and their dreams were gone.”

All Summer In a Day by Ray Bradbury

I chose this quote because I think it represents a gloomy day that the kids normally have all the time. They are experiencing the same weather for the whole year but they try to think on the good side. This is emotionally impacts me because I sometimes am sad and try to think on the good side. Many days when it rains its gloomy outside and sometimes I feel gloomy but try to get my mind off things.

“ If something is found, was it always lost.”

The Lost Deer Camp by Lane Walker

I chose this quote because it represents how You never know what you can find if you don’t search for it. It also represents how if you don’t use a talent and you found it and you realized you are very good at it. It doesn’t mean that it was lost. In my book, the Lost Deer Camp it shows how the boy's uncle's deer camp that he made with his friends a long time ago and his uncle abandons it. He never forgot about it so that is why if something is found it doesn’t mean it was lost.

“Sometimes she still said things that wounded me. And not because they were lies.”

― Veronica Roth, The Fates Divide

I choose this quote because it stuck out the most out of all the other ones because it’s the truth. Sometimes the truth hurts and theirs no way to prevent it. Lying doesn’t help you in any way. The other person deserves the truth it’s the least you can do for them. This quote holds a lot a meaning to me for that reason.

It had been raining for seven years; thousands upon thousands of days compounded and filled from one end to the other with rain, with the drum and gush of water, with the sweet crystal fall of showers and the concussion of storms so heavy they were tidal waves come over the islands. All in a Summer Day by Ray Bradbury

I chose this because the beach is my quiet place it helps me feel calm too. Also I picked this paragraph because it reminds me of family and home. This picture represents the pain Margo feels in this story. I feel that Ray Bradbury did an amazing job describing Margo’s pain and the setting of her world.

All day yesterday they had read in class about the sun. About how like a lemon it was, and how hot. And they had written small stories or essays or poems about it.

I chose this because it is similar how we read about space and the ocean stuff we don’t know about, but they read about the sun because it only comes every seven years for an hour.

“ The small Texas school that I attended carried.” The Scholarship Jacket by Martha Salinas.

I chose this quote because they are saying that this school carried her till 8 years and Margot got a scholarship jacket since Margot has been here for 8 years when she had straight A’s.This means to never give up and keep going.

There it will get washed this evening,” said the large woman starting up the street, dragging the frightened boy behind her.” Langton Hughes “Thank You, Ma’am”

I choose this passage because it describes how the woman is walking on the street and the boy’s emotions walking up the street.

All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury

The large woman simply

turned around and kicked him right square in his blue-jeaned sitter. Then she

reached down, picked the boy up by his shirt front, and shook him until his teeth

rattled.

I chose this passage because I felt empathy for the boy. He was just poor trying to do the right thing, but the large woman wasn’t nice at first to him.

^{She was a large woman with a large purse that had everything in it but hammer and nails. It had a long strap, and she carried it slung across her shoulder. It was about eleven o’clock at night, and she was walking alone, when a boy ran up behind her and tried to snatch her purse. The strap broke with the single tug the boy gave it from behind. But the boy’s weight and the weight of the purse combined caused him to lose his balance so, instead of taking off full blast as he had hoped, the boy fell on his back on the sidewalk, and his legs flew up. the large woman simply turned around and kicked him right square in his blue-jeaned sitter. Then she reached down, picked the boy up by his shirt front, and shook him until his teeth rattled.}

^{I chose this passage because I love the figurative language that i was really interested it got my attention really quickly I love how she is a really strong woman.}

I chose this because Margo was kind of depressed because of the rain and the sun would come for 1 hour every 7 years so she was tired of it raining and when the sin came out her classmates locked her in a closet but I really chose it because it made me feel really guilty like I was one of the people that locked her in the closet.

It was as if, in the midst of a film concerning an avalanche, a tornado, a hurricane, a volcanic eruption, something had, first, gone wrong with the sound apparatus, thus muffling and finally cutting off all noise, all of the blasts and repercussions and thunders, and then, second, ripped the film from the projector and inserted in its place a peaceful tropical slide which did not move or tremor. The world ground to a standstill.

I chose this passage because it shows great depth and explanation. The description of a film, and pictures. I think the photo really show what it would look like on the fiction venues. I really liked this passage it just sounded beautiful in my head.

"It had been raining for seven years; thousands upon thousands of days compounded and filled from one end to the other with rain, with the drum and gush of water, with the sweet crystal fall of showers and the concussion of storms so heavy they were tidal waves come over the islands. A thousand forests had been crushed under the rain and grown up a thousand times to be crushed again. And this was the way life was forever on the planet Venus, and this was the schoolroom of the children of the rocket men and women who had come to a raining world to set up civilization and live out their lives. " All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury

I chose this passage because it describes the rain and storms with great words and I could picture this setting in my head very easily.

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 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. They looked at everything and savored everything. Then, wildly, like animals escaped from their caves, they ran and ran in shouting circles. They ran for an hour and did not stop running.

I chose this quote because it represents the true love the children have for nature and I think that nature and flowers are beautiful. I think the author did a beautiful job at telling all the children’s emotions and I can feel those emotions wondering what it would be like to have and light for only one hour every seven years.

She was a very frail girl who looked as if she had been lost in the rain for years.

I chose this quote because it is truly beautiful to visualize. The simple image of a girl, lost in the rain, is just simply beautiful. This quote makes me wonder more about the character, and the things she has had to go through. The author completely used descriptive language, and invoked a curious feeling in me.

"If I turn you loose, will you run?" asked the woman.

"Yes’m," said the boy.

"Then I won’t turn you loose," said the woman. She did not release him.

"I’m very sorry, lady, I’m sorry," whispered the boy.

"Um-hum! And your face is dirty. I got a great mind to wash your face for you.

Ain’t you got nobody home to tell you to wash your face?"

"No’m," said the boy.

"Then it will get washed this evening," said the large woman starting up the street,

dragging the frightened boy behind her.

He looked as if he were fourteen or fifteen, frail and willow-wild, in tennis shoes

and blue jeans.

I chose this because this character is cool and makes good decisions.

“Because shoes come

be devilish like that will burn your feet because shoes come

be devilish like that will burn your feet.”

Thank you Ma'am by Langston Hughes

I chose this quote because it stood out to me the most. This I quote chose, is because it made me feel like I was in the dark. When I got this feeling it made me feel cold.

I think the sun is a flower

That blooms for just one hour.

I choose this quote because this is the main characters quote in the short story “All Summer in a day”. I think this quote is cool because it makes sense the sun rises just like a flower blooms.

But she remembered and stood quietly apart from all of them and watched the patterning windows.

I chose this quote because it really shows how alone she is. I think it’s important to the story because it tells how she’s standing apart from all the others.

She was a large woman with a large purse that had everything in it but hammer and nails. It had a long strap, and she carried it slung across her shoulder. It was about eleven o’clock at night, and she was walking alone, when a boy ran up behind her and tried to snatch her purse. The strap broke with the single tug the boy gave it from behind. But the boy’s weight and the weight of the purse combined caused him to lose his balance so, instead of taking off full blast as he had hoped, the boy fell on his back on the sidewalk, and his legs flew up. the large woman simply turned around and kicked him right square in his blue-jeaned sitter. Then she reached down, picked the boy up by his shirt front, and shook him until his teeth rattled. Thank you Ma'am by Langston Hughes

I chose this passage because I thought that the first part of the story really tells the meaning about stealing. Stealing isn’t good to do ever as a option, but when you’re a child you don't know any better, and you need someone to guide you to do what’s right.

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 tears ran down their faces. All in a Summer Day by Ray Bradbury

I chose this story because it is my favorite book and I like the lesson that don’t do anything that you’ll regret.

She was a large woman with a large purse that had everything in it but hammer and nails. It had a long strap, and she carried it slung across her shoulder. Thank You Ma’am by Langston Hughes

I chose this quote because this story meant a lot. It grabbed me into the story. Langston Hughes did such a good job.

It had been raining for seven years; thousands upon thousands of days compounded and filled from one end to the other with rain, with the drum and gush of water, with the sweet crystal fall of showers and the concussion of storms so heavy they were tidal waves come over the islands. A thousand forests had been crushed under the rain and grown up a thousand times to be crushed again. And this was the way life was forever on the planet Venus, and this was the schoolroom of the children of the rocket men and women who had come to a raining world to set up civilization and live out their lives. -Ray Bradbury, All Summer in a Day

I chose this quote because it shows how Margot had to live her life every day. It’s always very gloomy and sad and this image really showed how sad it is where her and her classmates live.