All Summer in a Day is a Suspense, Coming of Age and Science Fiction story.
Suspense:
"She'd better hurry; we'll miss it!"
This is suspense because the reader doesn't know if the teacher will be back in time for the sunshine.
"Behind the closet door was only silence."
Again this is suspense because the reader is not sure if Margot is alive or not.
Coming of Age:
"They could not meet each other’s glances. Their faces were solemn and pale."
This is coming of age because they develop their empathy by feeling bad because they left Margot in the closet when the sun came out in the last 7 years.
"Margot stood apart from them, from these children who could never remember a time when there
wasn't rain and rain and rain"
This is coming of age because Margot is different from the children and she has no friends. The cause of this is that Margot remembers the sun clearly but the other children do not.
Science Fiction:
"And this was the way life was forever on the planet Venus"
This is sci-fi because it is impossible and unrealistic that people live on Venus.
"It had been raining for seven years"
The possibility that it has been raining for 7 years is unrealistic. It is not possible to rain for this amount of time.
I think that these examples prove that All Summer in a Day is a Suspense,Coming of Age and Science Fiction story.
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