My poem is based on the story “Tuesday of the Other June” by Norma Fox Mazer. This story is about how the main character June meets another June that is particularly mean the her because they have the same name. The act of physical bullying then occurs both during swimming class and school when the other June meets our main character June. This story is a perfect example of a type of external conflict (person vs. person) in which our main character June constantly has to deal with being bullied by the other June every time they meet. The reader then discovers that the reason why our main character June doesn’t stand up for herself is all because that she doesn’t want to cause more problems for her mother and she thinks that rejecting what the other June says will only cause more trouble. This conflict is then resolved at the end of the story in which our main character June finally stands up for herself and discovers that not only did she not cause any problems, she also got rid of the constant bullying from the other June. The words I chose in my found poem further elaborates on the physical bullying that happens in the story during swimming class and also makes the person vs. person conflict much more clearer to the reader. The water background of my found poem is also chosen to reflect on how the conflict takes place in the setting of the swimming pool during swimming class.
Here are some books by the same author of this short story.
Written By Eric Zhou