Francesca Thompson Mrs. Asselin ⅘ “ Tuesday of the Other June” February 7, 2017 Turning the Other Cheek In the short story “ Tuesday of the Other June” June is an obedient, confident and caring a girl. June has a rough time at swim class because of another girl who has the same name as her. The Other June is a girl who is bullying June. She tells June that she is the only person who can go by that name--so she starts calling her names like “Fish Eyes”, “ Buffalo Brain”, and “ Turkey Nose.” And something is holding her back from telling the Other June to Stop bullying her. Being obedient is what is holding June back from standing up for herself. In the beginning of the story, June’s mom sings to her in the morning while she’s brushing her hair, “ Be good, be good, be good, be good, my Junie.” June’s mom tells her that so that she doesn't get into trouble because it's just the two of them. Her mom would tell her, “it’s just us two women alone in the world.” June is always trying to be obedient so …show more content…
that her mom won't have to worry so much. In the story her mother tells June to “turn the other cheek” but June tried turning the other cheek “ and it was slapped”, and she tried “smiling to the world and the world hadn’t smiled back.” June was so obedient that she allowed herself to get bullied and hurt even when she moved to her new school where the Other June went to with her. Throughout the story June wants to tell the Other June to stop, and wants to be confident like she is at the end of the story. June had a dream and the Other June was in it. June remembered that she was kicking her, punching, biting her like a dog. She said, “ In the morning I remembered my dreams and felt brave and strong.” Later, at the end of the story June moves to a new house and goes to a new school where the school the Other June goes as well. Instead of pinching June, the Other June almost stabbed her with a pencil! Instead, June boosted her confidence and said, “ No” and leaned forward and put her finger on the Other June’s chest. The Other June got so mad her cheeks turned red and she stepped back surprised that June stood for herself. June was also a very caring person and that is why I think she was so obedient.
She cared so much for her mom. June really wanted to take care of her mom. One time she said to herself, “ I want to be rich and take care of her. She worked too hard; her pretty hair had gray in it that she joked about.” And then spoke, “ I’ll buy you a real house, and you’ll never work in a pot factory again.” June loves, and cares about her mom so much. She never wants to worry her mom. Even when June is in bed and is imagining “robbers and thieves came in quietly like cats” she stuffs her hand in her mouth so that her mom won't be tired for work the following day. June cares about her mom so much that she doesn't want to tell her mom about the Other June bullying her because she doesn't want her to worry. When her mom found out about all the bruises on her arms (from being pinched by the Other June) she lied and just made up a story about tripping over the
sidewalk. These are really special and important characteristics that June has. Being obedient is important characteristic because in the story it was really important for June to follow her mom's rules. Confident was a really important characteristic because she so ally had the confidence and courage to stand up for herself and stop being bullied. Lastly, June is caring and loves her mom with all her heart. This is very important because that was what was holding her back from standing up for herself. At the end of the day these characteristics helped form June.
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