ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -"All Summer in a Day” is a science fiction short story by American writer Ray Bradbury, first published in the March 1954 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ray Bradbury is the author of the story. The story tells about the life of the schoolchildren on the planet Venus. They are living with the colonists from the earth. These colonists have established underground settlements full of long tunnels.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bradbury began to wonder how a child might react to the sun’s brief appearance on Venus. Four years later, he answered his own question by writing “All Summer in a Day.”

Detailed explanation-4: -"All Summer in a Day” is a short story written by American writer Ray Bradbury and published in 1954. Bradbury sets his story on Venus after human colonization. Venus is described as a constantly raining planet, and the sun comes out only every seven years.

Detailed explanation-5: -The main theme in “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury is bullying, which is caused by jealousy and envy. Interestingly enough, Ray Bradbury has chosen to explore this theme in the context of a future generation that has the chance to travel between planets as a consequence of evolution.