Imagine a family member of yours suddenly passed away today. How would you react right this very moment? Presumably terribly sad! Okay, I lied, now stop imagining. That is probably a very sad occasion that you rather not think about, correct? Although we were all taught and grew up differently with our own parents, Alison Bechdel’s relationship with her family is quite astonishing. As we will further discuss about the family consequences in the tragicomic, Fun Home, you will soon recognize Bechdel’s contradictory feelings for her parents. Bechdel’s childhood revolved her father spending most of his time decorating the house, trying to pursue his passion, while her mother on the other hand is occupied with her acting career. As a family, they
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Since her family does not pay much attention to each other besides their own business, Bechdel wanted something to do on her own to let time pass. “My actual obsessive-compulsive disorder began when I was ten...First it involved a lot of counting, trying to manipulate the slightly leaky bathtub faucet with my toe so that it would stop on an even number of drips”(Bechdel 135). We could probably all see how Bechdel spend her time alone everywhere. Bechdel could possibly be waiting for her family’s isolation to end because she felt very lonely. Usually when a person count or skip numbers, it means they are waiting for something to happen. For Bechdel, her obsessive-compulsive order went on and on from avoiding odd numbers to trying to do everything perfectly like trying to line up her shoes. Her mother thought the reason why Bechdel has such a disorder was because she felt guilty about something and that could be understandable because every time she did something in the wrong order, she would redo it. For example, when Bechdel undressed herself in the wrong order at the end of the day, she would put her clothes back on and start again. How can someone not be tired of redoing daily routine processes? Well as you can see for Bechdel, she must have had a lot of time in her day especially since there were no one telling her whether she was doing something right or wrong. Therefore, family isolation lead Bechdel to develop an obsessive compulsive
Since her family does not pay much attention to each other besides their own business, Bechdel wanted something to do on her own to let time pass. “My actual obsessive-compulsive disorder began when I was ten...First it involved a lot of counting, trying to manipulate the slightly leaky bathtub faucet with my toe so that it would stop on an even number of drips”(Bechdel 135). We could probably all see how Bechdel spend her time alone everywhere. Bechdel could possibly be waiting for her family’s isolation to end because she felt very lonely. Usually when a person count or skip numbers, it means they are waiting for something to happen. For Bechdel, her obsessive-compulsive order went on and on from avoiding odd numbers to trying to do everything perfectly like trying to line up her shoes. Her mother thought the reason why Bechdel has such a disorder was because she felt guilty about something and that could be understandable because every time she did something in the wrong order, she would redo it. For example, when Bechdel undressed herself in the wrong order at the end of the day, she would put her clothes back on and start again. How can someone not be tired of redoing daily routine processes? Well as you can see for Bechdel, she must have had a lot of time in her day especially since there were no one telling her whether she was doing something right or wrong. Therefore, family isolation lead Bechdel to develop an obsessive compulsive