Family Consequences In Alison Bechdel's Fun Home

Imagine a family member of yours suddenly passed away today. How would you react this very moment? Presumably terribly sad! Okay, now stop imagining. That is probably the most depressing scenario you have ever wanted to think about, correct? Ordinarily, we all grew up being taught by our own parents in different ways, but Alison Bechdel’s relationship with her family is beyond astonishing. As we will further discuss about the family consequences in the tragicomic, Fun Home, you will soon recognize Bechdel’s contradictory emotions for her parents. Bechdel’s childhood is entangled with her father spending most of his time decorating the house, trying to pursue his passion. On the other hand, her mother is occupied with her acting career. As a family, they never take their time in the day to discuss about anything in particular or even attempt to spend any time together because everyone rather focus on their personal …show more content…
Due to the lack of communication and insufficient time spent together, Bechdel overcame the death of her father in an eccentric rapid amount of time, which in fact did not damage her in any way. As Alison grew up, she slowly developed into a distant teenager. I believe Alison Bechdel wrote the novel Fun Home, using her distant relationship with her parents, Bruce and Helen, as an example to teach us how overlooking the importance of family can negatively affect our own personality, like her odd behavior as a child. Bruce cared way too much about being an artificer than his own children, which displeased Bechdel and her siblings. He already did not spend enough time together with his children, yet it seems more like he spent more time with the furnitures around the house. Bechdel declares, “I grew