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Summary Of Tuesday Of The Other June By Norma Mazer

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Tuesday of the Other June by Norma Fox Mazer is an incredibly relatable story if one has ever had a problem with a bully. The story brings us into the life of June an incredibly happy go lucky girl until she meets a bully, also named June, at the swimming class she attends every Tuesday. June’s tale reflects a struggle many people encounter throughout their lives. First, June’s story reminds me of every single mean girl I’ve discovered in books, movies, and tv. Whether it’s Pansy Parkinson in Harry Potter, Josie Pye in Anne of Green Gables, or Mackenzie Hollister in Dork Diaries June simply joins the ever growing list of fictional characters with petty, shallow, backstabbing enemies. Mazer paints the struggle June faces incredibly well, conveying June’s dread of swim class as, “My weeks were no longer Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and so on. Tuesday was Awfulday. Wednesday was Badday. (The Tuesday bad feelings were still there.) Thursday was Betterday, and Friday was Safeday. Saturday was Goodday, but Sunday was Toosoonday, and Monday—Monday was nothing but the day before Awfulday.”(3) She also describes …show more content…

To be able to write about this with such a miserable and deep tone clearly reveals that Mazer must have had similar experiences as a child. One such clue is, “I didn't know what to do about her. She was training me like a dog. After a few weeks of this, she only had to look at me, only had to growl, ‘I'm going to get you, Fish Eyes,’ for my heart to slink like a whipped dog down into my stomach,”(2) a feeling that can only be put into words by those who have experienced it firsthand. While Mazer never confirmed or denied her inspiration for Tuesday of the Other June in her lifetime, she did admitted to being terribly unhappy during

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