Characters
What is the name of the main character?
Margot
"The rain slackened still more. They crowded to the huge door."
What does the word slackened mean?
The rain slowed down.
Who is telling us the story?
A narrator
Where does the story take place?
Venus.
Who is the author of the story?
Ray Bradbury
Why do the students dislike Margot?
She has seen the sun and she is different from them
"The silence was so immense and unbelievable that you felt your ears were stuffed with cotton."
What does the word immense mean?
large; big
Why did the author include Margot?
To show the perspective of a child who remembers the sun.
What is the setting of the story?
What countries were in a cold war during the time he wrote the story?
Russia and America
Why did the other children put Margot in the closet?
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What does the word resilient mean?
Strong, able to take on a lot.
What does this line reveal about the kids perspective?
"They hated her pale snow face, her waiting silence, her thinness, and her possible future."
they hated her because she might be going back to Earth.
What is the big event the kids are waiting for?
the sun to come out for the first time in 7 years.
What were Russian and America fighting for when the story was written?
the first to land on the moon
What do lines 164-179 reveal about the kids point of view?
they are disappointed that the rain has returned.
"Mostly they squinted at the sun... they breathed of the fresh air and listened and listened...They looked at everything and savored everything."
What does the word savored mean?
to enjoy it completely
What does the poem below tell us about Margot?
"The sun is like a flower that blooms for just one hour."
She feels hopeless about the sun
Why is this event such a big deal?
These kids have never seen the sun.
What is the theme in the story?
jealousy causes people to be cruel
What is the central conflict in the story?
The children were jealous of Margot.
"they stood in the jungle that covered Venus, that grew and never stopped growing tumultuously, even as you watched it."
What does tumultuously mean?
wildly, excitedly
Why did the feeling towards Margot change?
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How does the setting affect Margot?
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What is the authors purpose for writing this story?
to explore how people can be cruel to people who are different.