She would never stand up for herself because she thought that she would just make the other June even more mad at her. She also didn’t stand up for herself because she thought that if you were good to someone else they would be good to you. In paragraph 42 it says, “ Be good, be good, be good; it’s just us two women alone in the world.” Also in that paragraph it says, “If my dad wasn’t gone and my mom’s mom and dad then I would have punched the other June with a frisky heart.” This shows that the only reason she doesn’t stand up for herself is because she has respect for her dad and her mom.
June can’t take much more of June bullying her. In paragraph 97 June sticks up for herself by saying,” No, no, no!” This shows that she didn’t care anymore about their troubles and that she was fed up with June and that she had to put a stop to all of it. It drove her to the point of not caring if her mom found out or