Tuesday Of The Other June Norma Mazer Analysis

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“Tuesday of the Other June” by Norma Fox Mazer is a realistic fiction story about a girl named June that gets bullied by another girl named June. In the beginning, June joins swimming class. Soon, June meets another girl named June and gets bullied over and over. In the end June sticks up for herself and feels great about it. This story shows that the other June was careless about what she said and did.
One way the other June was careless was she called June mean names and made her feel bad about everything. In paragraph 40 June is being made fun of and getting called names she is sick of it, the text says “The Other June got bored calling me Fish Eyes. Buffalo Brain came next but as soon as everyone knew that, she renamed me Turkey Nose.” In paragraph 39 June thought about how she could make Tuesdays not come but they always did. The Other June was careless and made June suffer was in paragraph 44 it says “Alaska, I thought. Arizona. Someplace far away and wonderful, someplace without the other June.This quote is important and supports my idea because, I said the Other June made June suffer. And she did, she called her names and made her want to get as far away as possible from the Other June.
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In paragraph 66 it says June went up a hill and she saw the Other June. She tried to slide into her seat so The other June wouldn’t see her but, it was too late. In paragraph 77 June hates everyday now instead of Tuesdays because the Other June sees her everyday and makes fun of her. It specifically says “I was back in the Tuesday swimming class, only now it was worse, because every day would be the awful day. The pinching had already started.” This direct quote supports my idea because it talks about how everyday was the awful day because of the Other

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