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Short Story Analysis: Margot
1. Margot, the protagonist, is a very passive and introverted girl, who is also very frail, delicate, and pale. (William and) the children, the antagonists, are a rambunctious bunch of nine-year-olds, who tease on Margot for being slightly different.
2. The story takes place on a civilized planet Venus many years into our future. It happened on a showery afternoon. It is always raining in this place, but stops for an hour every seven years.
3. Exposition: Everybody in the classroom is desperate to get out and see the sun, but Margot stands out from the rest because she used to lived on Earth and knows the sun more than anybody in the room.
Rising action: Everybody is waiting for the teacher to come back so they can go outside. Margot is shoved into a closet and forgotten. …show more content…
Falling action: The sun fades away and all the children come back inside before it starts raining. The children notice Margot is not there with them.
Resolution: The kids free Margot from the closet
4. The author's tone is expectative. It's
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