Calendar Sister Identity Quotes

Secondly, acknowledging loss can adjust a person’s outward identity. Throughout the novel, one of the “Calendar Sisters”, June, is described as going through a traumatic betrayal by somebody close to her which has shaped her mind to be set on her future being alone. This causes her to have a lack of trust when it comes to how she handles relationships of any sort moving forward. An example discussed in the quote, is her current boyfriend, Neil. Along with this detail, later in the novel, she begins to trust in a different relationship which she didn’t allow to be welcomed into her life by showing a different side to her personality, “ ‘How come June won’t get married to him?’ I asked. ‘She was supposed to get married to somebody else a long

I don’t know what happened to his wife, but he didn’t have one anymore after he moved here. He has tried every which way to get June to marry him, but she won’t do it. Me and August can’t convince her either,’...“June stepped over them, too, and then, to my shock, she hugged me. June Boatwright hugged me while our clothes made sweet, squishy sounds up and down our bodies.” (Kidd 103, 176) Even though these two segments of text are not addressing the same issue, it shows a huge growth within June’s character. After her fiance leaves her at the altar, she experiences a lack of trust, specifically in Lily and Neil. She had trouble allowing herself to accept that she loves somebody. She also struggles with letting herself reveal that part of herself. Acknowledging the events that have occurred in the past helps to shape how somebody comes across as well as how they interact with others moving

It potentially makes somebody more guarded at first however, after accepting the event and moving forward, it can be freeing to be more open in future relationships after a turning point is reached. Throughout all of this growth, it changes how a person acts towards others resulting in an overall change in the mood surrounding their environment, which may benefit everybody involved. One of June’s sisters, August, has some of the same characteristics that June develops over time. Later on in the novel, Lily decides to talk to her about the events that she has been carrying all of her life. During this August sits back, listens, and allows Lily to speak her true self regardless of the fears that arise. She provides a sense of comfort which helps Lily to open up and be truthful through it all, “ ‘He said she left me, that she left both of us and ran away.’ A wall of glass broke in my chest, a wall I didn’t even know was there. August slid up to the edge of her chair and opened her arms, the way she’d opened them to June that day they’d found May’s suicide