Analysis Of All Summer On The Planet Of Venus And...

By: Kahramon Ergashev The SEEALL Academy Kahramon Ergashev Class 704 October 25, 2017 Compare and Contrast Essay How would you feel if you were bullied for being different from everyone else? Well, in the passage, All Summer In A Day, and, Raymond s Run, the main protagonists Margot and Raymond are like that. Margot was an earthling on the planet of Venus and Raymond was born with a disability. The situation that they are in is somewhat similar. In both of the novels, the protagonists are bullied because they are both different, but the outcomes of bullying in each of the story are different. The message that the authors are trying to give the readers is also†¦show more content†¦On the other hand, the children on Venus haven’t seen the sun in seven years because on Venus, the sun comes up only two hours every seven years while raining every other time. For example on page 3 of the text, the author stated, â€Å"And then, of course, the biggest crime of all was that she had come here only five years ago from earth, and she remembered the sun and the way the sun was and the sky was when she was four in Ohio.† This proves why the children in her class bully her because they are jealous that she got to see the sun a bunch of times and that is the reason they bully her. Raymond in the story, â€Å"Raymond’s Run,† is also a victim of bullying. He is bullied because he has a disability which people call, â€Å"The pumpkin head,† because he is mentally disabled and has a big head because of it. For instance, the author stated on page 25, the author stated, â€Å"I never walk if I can trot, and shame on Raymond if he can’t keep up. But of course he does, cause if he hangs back someone’s liable to walk up to him and get smart, or take his allowance from him, or ask where he got the big pumpkin head.† This means that people bully him when he is alone to make fun of him and feel better because of it. Although the protagonists from each story get bullied, the results of the bullying differ in some ways. In the novel, â€Å"All Summer In A Day,† Margot’s bullies regretted what they had done to Margot. For instance, the author stated on page 6, â€Å"They stood as ifShow MoreRelatedOrganisational Theory230255 Words   |  922 Pagessituates organization theory within the scholarly debates on modernism and postmodernism, and provides an advanced introduction to the heterogeneous study of organizations, including chapters on phenomenology, critical theory and psychoanalysis. Like all good textbooks, the book is accessible, well researched and readers are encouraged to view chapters as a starting point for getting to grips with the field of organization theory. Dr Martin Brigham, Lancaster University, UK McAuley et al. provide a