Imagine you’re standing when you are pushed to the ground; then it hit you like a bucket of cold water, you’re being bullied. You never thought it would ever happen to you but it did. Like a flash of light it happened before you even realize it. “All summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury shows bullying is the worst thing that children can do to each other because it can cause many problems with development, not just the victim, but to the bully as well.
In the story the bully has all the power. No one else has power, not the teacher, not the other students, just the bully. Nobody sticks up for the other people who are being bullied because they don’t want it to happen to themselves. They just sit in the back ground and watch it all go down. This means they are being bystanders which mean they don’t do anything to help the victim. When you see bullying you should get a teacher or adult. According to Doctor Susan P. Limber, graduate from University of Nebraska Lincoln and Doctor Nation Maury, graduate from University of South Carolina: When people are bullied in their childhood, as adults they have increased risk for depression, poor self-esteem, and other mental health problems including schizophrenia.
The World Health Organization has identified schizophrenia as one of the ten most debilitating diseases affecting human beings. According to NAMI Michigan, schizophrenia is a serious and challenging medical illness, an illness that affects well over 2 million American adults, which is about 1 percent of the population age 18 and older. It often interferes with a person's ability to think clearly, to distinguish reality from fantasy, to manage emotions, make decisions, and relate to others. To diagnose it, a person needs to have primary symptoms such as delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and disorganized behavior. Scientists still do not know the specific causes of schizophrenia, but research has shown that the brains of people with schizophrenia are different from the brains of people without the illness. Schizophrenia seems to be caused by a combination of problems including genetic vulnerability and environmental factors that occur during a person's development. It can be caused by bullying during a person’s development when they’re a kid. In the story “All Summer in a Day” the little girl was locked in a closet for well past an hour imagine what that could do to someone development.
I made a personal connection to the story,” All Summer in a Day” not because I was bullied, but because I have had someone stand in my way of doing something I have been waiting for a long time. Just like in the story with the bully made her miss and event that happens every several years. That person was my brother. Boy was I mad we were going to go to my cabin up north right on Castle Rock Lake but we were arguing over some insignificant things so we did not get to go. After a little while I forgave him because he is brother and no matter what happens I still love him. Besides, he really wanted to go to but neither of us got to go. Now my brother and I do everything together.
When I read this story in class it made me think of another story “Deep Water” In that story a boy who was always been afraid of water and when he tries to overcome his fear he was bullied by an 18 year old boy. The boy threw him into the pool, causing him to nearly drown, yet he made it up to the surface. After that he was absolutely terrified of water. That reminded me of the “All Summer in a Day” because it took him years to get over it he was an adult by the time he took swimming lessons now he is not afraid. Just like bullying it had a long term affect on that one the person.
“All Summer in a Day” is an effective story that shows how bullies can have all the power in a situation. Bullying is something that we need to prevent because it can really make people feel unsafe. In schools, a teacher’s job is to educate kids and to keep them safe as they do it. Remember whenever you see bullying you should help the victim by telling the bully to stop or go get a responsible adult to stop it.
