Blog 5

Blog 5: Character Analysis - June June was probably the most intriguing character to me. She was mysterious and always doing unexpected things. The first time we meet June is when Lily shows up at August's house. June answers the door and immediately seems to dislike Lily and Rosaleen. When August says that Lily can stay at the house, June is adamantly against it and continuously asks Lily when she will be leaving. June is seeing Neil, the principal of the school where she teaches. She refuses to marry him, though he has asked her many times. June never gives a reason, and the reader is left to wonder why she seems to bitter. A turning point comes in the book when June and Lily get into a water fight in the yard. June tries to take the hose away from Lily after Lily has sprayed her with water. June finally relents and the two tumble to the ground. "I looked back down at the ground where our bodies had lain side by side, the wet grasses pressed down, perfect depressions in the earth. I stepped over them with the utmost care, and, seeing how careful I was, 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" (170). June finally accepts Lily and her skin color. When May commits suicide, June finally reaches her breaking point and decides to start living life to the fullest. She decides to marry Neil and becomes happier and happier through the rest of the book.