Question

What advice does June’s mother give to her early in the story? how does her mother advice affect how do you respond to the other June throughout the story?

Answer 1

To be good. It’s just you and me, two women alone in the world, June darling of my heart; we have enough troubles getting by, we surely don’t need a single one more, so you keep your sweet self out of fighting and all that bad stuff. People can be little-hearted, but turn the other cheek, smile at the world, and the world will  surely smile back.” June, although she does not hit June, tease June, or affect her like the other June does because of other mother's words.In trying to avoid trouble, June refuses to seek help; she never tells her teachers or even her mother about her problem with the Other June (lines 90–91). The mother's advice is to avoid trouble, not to avoid help (lines 20–25).