From the beginning, the details show that the kids are in a lot of pain because of their jealousy over Margot. The Sun is the reason why they are painfully jealous of Margot. …show more content…
Margot is always talking about how beautiful the sun was and how the warmth of the Sun was so great. Margot contributes to the jealousy with her own obsession of the sun. For example, in the text, it says, “‘It’s like a penny,’ she said once, eyes closed. ‘No it’s not!’ the children cried. ‘It’s like a fire,’ she said, ‘in the stove.’ ‘You’re lying, you don’t remember!’ cried the children” (Bradbury). This evidence makes clear that Margot is bragging about the Sun and how she interprets it. Also, Margot is always writing poems about the Sun in the story. Margot is always mentioning her experience, she tells stories about what it feels like, Margot is kind of selfish and doesn’t talk to another kid when he talks to her. She also refuses to play games. For example, if someone tags her and ran she would just stand there and start blinking at them and stand still. In conclusion, Margot can be blamed partly for the kid's jealousy because she always brags in the kids face what they want most, without getting to know the …show more content…
They got to experience what Margot already knew about, the warmth, brightness and the colors of the Sun. Margot hurt them with her bragging and the kids gave their jealousy in and started bullying Margot about the Sun. It was not Margot’s fault that she got to see the Sun and get bullied. It was Margot’s actions that led her to get bullied. This is because she was taunting and started bragging about how cool the Sun was. In return, she got locked in a closet and didn’t get to spend time on Venus with the Sun because of her actions. In conclusion, if you can’t get over the pain, whether it is Margot's grief or the kid's jealousy you will wind up hurting another and possibly