Debbie Drechsler illustrates a dysfunctional family that engages in sexual, physical, and mental abuse of a child. Daddy’s Girl is not the term most people would associate with this is not a loving relationship between father and daughter. The eleven short stories in the graphic novel discussed incest, molestation, depression, anger, domination, and rape of a girl named Lily. While Drechsler’s drawing are black and white, however the images portray more than an innocent cartoon style. There is much to unpack in Lily’s life from childhood molestation to teenage peer pressures. I focused my attention on the four panels on page eighteen and argue Drechsler’s depictions of what constitute an American family. What makes this page significant
…show more content…
Throughout the novel, Drechsler illustrates the plight of Lily’s molestations from her father and how she tries to cope with it and endure the verbal abuse from her mother. In the real world, the father is probably a well-like man, but only Lily knows the true. My point is, many children have parents who portray themselves as nice people while the child’s pain goes remains silent. As the mother continues to remind them “You kids just don’t appreciate anything we do for you” (21). I guess Lily doesn’t appreciate having her father’s penis shoved down her throat at night. In conclusion, Drechsler successfully invokes your emotions. Her style of bold black and white lines showing contrast denotes various meanings. First, the images on the page of the black night and black buildings show the mood of entering into a dark environment. The black people are shown as poor (meaning bad) and the white people as good (saving them). The third contrast is the relationship between Lily and her father. The dark space in her bedroom on page twelve is the loss of her innocence. Daddy’s Girl is a graphic novel that is needed to express the abuse many young girls endure and keep silent. From looking at the panels on page eighteen and Drechsler’s portrayal of Lily’s life, this opens the dialog of what constitutes an all- American
Throughout the novel, Drechsler illustrates the plight of Lily’s molestations from her father and how she tries to cope with it and endure the verbal abuse from her mother. In the real world, the father is probably a well-like man, but only Lily knows the true. My point is, many children have parents who portray themselves as nice people while the child’s pain goes remains silent. As the mother continues to remind them “You kids just don’t appreciate anything we do for you” (21). I guess Lily doesn’t appreciate having her father’s penis shoved down her throat at night. In conclusion, Drechsler successfully invokes your emotions. Her style of bold black and white lines showing contrast denotes various meanings. First, the images on the page of the black night and black buildings show the mood of entering into a dark environment. The black people are shown as poor (meaning bad) and the white people as good (saving them). The third contrast is the relationship between Lily and her father. The dark space in her bedroom on page twelve is the loss of her innocence. Daddy’s Girl is a graphic novel that is needed to express the abuse many young girls endure and keep silent. From looking at the panels on page eighteen and Drechsler’s portrayal of Lily’s life, this opens the dialog of what constitutes an all- American