There are different ways to assign roles in this interpretation, but one role we might not immediately consider is the teacher's. When we come back from playing, we have to go unlock the closet and realize that she's still there waiting for us. Or, Margot could be a personification of depression, and the classmates are other aspects of a person the "bad stuff" gets locked away so that we can go out and "play" (interact) with others every once in a while, but it doesn't really go away. Margot getting locked away in the closet could represent those who struggle with depression, and how they do not get to enjoy "sunshine" like other people. But I kept thinking about the teacher- did she notice that one of her students was missing? Was she concerned? Did she know about how the other children treated Margot? And how is she going to deal with the realization that this girl was denied the right enjoyed by all the other children under watch? She was denied her moment in the sun, not just the idiom, but the actual experience.Īs I read the story, all I could think about is how it could be a metaphor for depression. We know that she will have to wait at least another seven years for it to come again. Obviously, this story is sad because Margot, the one who cherished the sun, misses out on the opportunity to enjoy it.
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