In “The Lesson”, Flyboy is someone who comes across as more mature and way more talkative than the others. Based on what he said and did he was someone who understood a lot about the things around him like how to manipulate the adults into pitying him by saying things like how he doesn’t have a house. He also spoke up more and was more confident with himself even though he might be wrong at times.
In contrast, Junebug was way more naive about things and it shows how she said she didn’t have a desk at home and then questioned if she was right by saying “do we?”
Although they were both different in terms of personality they both seemed to understand that the toys in the store were for pretty wealthy people and were able to see the financial differences even if it wasn’t at a deeper level than others might have.
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Hi, Emily!
Thank you for pointing out that Flyboy’s character was a bit manipulative, I didn’t realize that until you mentioned it. I agree, they both did see the financial differences in higher class citizens comparing to themselves. They noticed the different realities. June Bug didn’t really seem very self-aware or aware at all about much in her life which showed the confusion about the desk.