Identity In Fun Home

Fun Home is a unique story about a father and her daughter. Alison Bechdel is the daughter of Bruce and Helen Bechdel. She’s the oldest of her siblings: Christian and John Bechdel. Her family lives in a gothic revival house in Pennsylvania. The family owns a funeral home, which they refer to as the “fun home.” Alison Bechdel is a young female who grew up being forced into wearing feminine clothing, which was uncomfortable for her. This perpetuated her non-feminine urges more. Her parents, especially her father, made sure to do the best he could to suppress his daughter’s urges. However, it didn’t change her from ultimately wearing men’s clothing or being attracted to other females. Her gender identity and sexuality was crucial in the relationship …show more content…
Her father would force Alison to dress more ladylike. In the short clip of Fun Home, the father had told her to put on a clip on, so her hair wouldn’t fall in front of her face. Though, Alison would have felt more comfortable if she had bob cut instead of her long hair. Her father would force her into wearing dresses such as a black velvet dress. During a vacation stay, Alison wanted to wear shorts but her father did not allowed her to. Bruce wanted her to look like a girly girl regardless of what she wanted to look like. This made Alison feel as if her father didn’t understand who she truly was inside and …show more content…
With her discovering who she was and who her father truly was, she achieved closure in her relationship with her father. Even though he didn’t personality tell her the truth, she understood a little bit in why he didn’t come out a long time ago. They were both living in two different time period. By the time gay was accepted, he had already had a family who he didn’t want to let down. He wanted to go on in the world as a husband and a father, not as a gay man who people would have judged because of the choices he had made in the