Margot, the young protagonist in “All Summer in a Day”, moved to Venus from Earth where she lived until she was four years old. Margot doesn't fit in because she has seen the sun and has felt its warmth and light. The other children in her school were not yet born with the sun came out seven years before. All the children of Venus have known is a continuous rainfall. When Margot explains what that the sun is like a "penny", the children don’t believe her and lock her in a closet in the classroom. They forget she is there when the excitement of seeing the sun makes them rush outside. Margot is crushed by the event because she has experienced the magical nature of the sun before, and it will be a long seven years before Margot will be able to see the sun again.
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