Lynda Barry’s “One Hundred Demons” is another great book about self-identity. We as the readers get to see the identity struggle that Barry went through as child that relates to the process of Filipina American representation (De Jesus, 2). De Jesus argues that Barry does not need to spell out her concern with racial identity because of her red hair and white skinned, freckled self, Barry looks very different from the other members of her family and her extended family throughout. One Hundred Demons shows how Barry was very different because what she looked like and how it affected her identity. I think Barry shows us the suffering she went through as child of never feeling like she belong anywhere especially how she had a hard time fitting in her own family, she is able to construct her identity as the misunderstood and the misfit of her family (pg. 47).
Barry was brilliant to show her demons because each one is a highlight of her search for identity and belonging. For example how she hanged around with the “cool kids” and did dumb things and how she rebelled and swear against other adults (77, 112). She was able to organize the different things about and make a conclusion of her identity. Barry is able to …show more content…
All those painful memories that Barry went through allowed to create her own sense of self. She comments a lot of why she made those decisions when she was young and it gives me this idea that she is a strong person. De Jesus: "Barry retells and reworks childhood memories...in order to discover her history and this herself" (4). I think one of the most important features she mentions is how she is misunderstood as a child and how it interferes with her life now. She puts upfront of the difficulties she have to faced but also subtly puts other parts of her dark past, showing us the readers that she been through a
Barry was brilliant to show her demons because each one is a highlight of her search for identity and belonging. For example how she hanged around with the “cool kids” and did dumb things and how she rebelled and swear against other adults (77, 112). She was able to organize the different things about and make a conclusion of her identity. Barry is able to …show more content…
All those painful memories that Barry went through allowed to create her own sense of self. She comments a lot of why she made those decisions when she was young and it gives me this idea that she is a strong person. De Jesus: "Barry retells and reworks childhood memories...in order to discover her history and this herself" (4). I think one of the most important features she mentions is how she is misunderstood as a child and how it interferes with her life now. She puts upfront of the difficulties she have to faced but also subtly puts other parts of her dark past, showing us the readers that she been through a