Their feelings are bringing their spirits down after experiencing the sun. He then compares them grounded into the floor. They are alike and intermixed with each other, just how roses and weeds grow. He called the children, “The children pressed to each other like so many roses, so many weeds”. Bradbury uses past figurative language to use a simile to demonstrate how the children feel.

The children realize what they have done and begin to feel remorse. They lock her up because their human nature is to eliminate those who aren’t like you. Margot is different which causes the other children to be jealous of her since she has memories of the sun. They looked at their hands and feet, their faces down”. They looked at each other and then looked away… They could not meet each other’s glances. To add on, in “All Summer in a Day,” it states, “They stood as if someone had driven them, like so many stakes, into the floor. It emphasizes on how society is harsh to those who are unalike from them. It was their instinct to automatically ostracize Margot and for them to be satisfied with them being “right.” The children’s dialogue shows how everyone was being terrible to Margot. Since the other children were rebutting her comments, it shows how she was being treated poorly by the majority, the society. Bradbury adds dialogue and a simile to the text in order for describing what Margot was going through. Their instinct is to make her feel peculiar because she has something they don’t. Margot sticks out from the crowd because of this and is being “bullied” by them. The other children are treating her poorly because they haven’t seen the sun for a long time. But she remembered and stood quietly apart from all of them and watched the patterning window”. ‘It’s like a fire’ she said, ‘in the stove.’ ‘You’re lying, you don’t remember!’ cried the children. ‘It’s like a penny,’ she said once, eyes closed. Likewise, Ray Bradbury continues to develop the theme of human nature with figurative language and dialogue in “All Summer in a Day.” For instance, “But Margot remembered. The figurative language gives visuals to what’s happening in the story. The figurative language used gives an extensive elaboration on the treatments the society gives to a person. It’s sticky and messy, just how Montag’s situation is. The government will do everything to trap Montag, hence, the metaphor of slime. Many were shocked to see Jesus walking on water, just how many were to see Montag with a book- especially since he was a fireman. The allusion of walking on water refers to the biblical story of how Jesus walked on water. Bradbury incorporates an allusion & a metaphor to show how the government goes out of its way to make an individual’s life harder. They will make it hard for him to spread his knowledge of the books. Beatty is warning him of the government’s actions. The human nature for a person in this society is to call out the individual. He is different than the status quo which is to avoid books. Beatty tries to tell Montag he thinks he is special because he has books that give him knowledge. If I stir the slime with my little finger, you’ll drown!’”. Look where they got you, in slime up to your lip. Well, the world can get by just fine without them. In addition, Bradbury writes in Fahrenheit 451, “‘You think you can walk on water with your books. The dialogue adds to the impact of the quote. Beatty and the society don’t like people who don’t conform to their standards. If someone else were to say what he had said, it could be perceived differently by the reader. Using it shows how Beatty is sided with the government and why he believes in what they do.

Bradbury uses dialogue to show a variety of views on the topic. By eliminating those who question, the government is able to manipulate & brainwash its citizens. In this case, Clarisse was terminated because of her uniqueness. Special people, like Montag, are treated differently than the rest of society. For example, “‘You ask Why to a lot of things and you wind up very unhappy indeed, if you keep at it. Bradbury develops this perspective through figurative language and dialogue, which are intended to make the reader consider the harsh actions society takes when individuals differ from the norm.įirst, Ray Bradbury develops the theme of human nature in Fahrenheit 451 with figurative language and dialogue. In Fahrenheit 451, and “All Summer in a Day,” Ray Bradbury develops a strong perspective about human nature. Everyone should be individual and think for themselves, regardless of the outcome. Nothing is the same, not even identical twins.

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