Alison Bechdel

In Alison Bechdel’s “Fun Home,” time is manipulated by using past elements as reminders to previous events in the storyline. Although it isn’t outright stated in page 134, we know Bruce and Helena Bechdel focused more of their time perfecting their craft rather than doing “basic parenting duties,” such as making lunch for the kids or creating an emotional bond. Page 134 illustrates Alison explain how the Bechdel family’s artistry lead to isolation amongst them. The panels on this page depict a…

tragicomic, Alison Bechdel’s best- selling graphic memoir Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic is an excellent read for English college classes. It delivers maturity and notice to the homosexual community. In the book, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic addresses multiple of themes being sexual orientation, suicide, gender, and the dysfunction of a family. Bechdel has brought personal scenarios that she has experienced and put them into her work. With the book Fun Home being a work done by one person,…

idea that the evidence available may not always have the meaning it appears to represent. In Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir Fun Home, she sifts through her memories and artifacts from her life -- the evidence -- to “solve the mystery” of her father’s life and ultimately, his death. In Chapter 5, Allison combats her own mini-mystery:…

In Alison Bechdel 's graphic memoir Fun Home, the author reflects upon her childhood and her father Bruce. Bruce Bechdel is a closeted homosexual. He dies under suspicious circumstances which lead Alison to believe it was suicide. Her father was clearly unhappy in his life which was due in great part to the fact that he had to hide his orientation. The memoir explores the main themes of sexual orientation, gender identity and artifice. By using the characterization of Bruce Bechdel and…

In this seminar, I will discuss approaches through which Alison Bechdel exposes her emotions and personal perplexities within the literary and graphic aspects of her memoir such as her relationship with her father and her road to self-discovery. Approaches such as distinct pigment of the drawings, and the use of specific motifs and allusions are how Bechdel’s hidden and confused thoughts are represented. Bechdel’s illustrations are toned with a dismal blue/green colour throughout most of Fun…

assessed as a family tragicomic, Fun Home, written by Alison Bechdel follows the thoughts of Alison after the death of her father. In the excerpt, Alison premises the section by explaining that since her father’s demise, her mother, Helen, has diminished his collection of books. She then thinks back to a prior interaction she shared with her father. In the excerpt, literature is used throughout to compare and introduce the ideas that Bechdel is trying to portray through the graphic novel.…

trait in the ideal happy family. In Fun Home, by Alison Bechdel, people from the outside looking in assumed that Alison’s family is the perfect example of a happy family. In this assumption, you can compare it to “the perfectly clear stream”. Alison’s father was a hard working man who kept a deep secret to himself that led to his death. Alison’s mother drown herself in her work in order to escape the degree of damage she was suffering from. The Bechdel family might appear as the ideal family…

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,…

The struggle of finding yourself is difficult enough, but finding yourself in a continuously pressuring society makes it harder. For Alison Bechdel and the time period in which she came out, she was able to do so in a more welcoming environment than her father, albeit with some struggles regardless such as being made fun of and the pressures from her father to be a “girl.” For Hong Kingston, she struggles to find her own voice and identity growing up in a strict Chinese-American family and what…

identity. Alison did it by sharing her experiences of coming out and being a lesbian. Julia proudly telling her readers she is trans and sharing her pain of transition. Lynda showing her different demons and parts of her Filipino culture. It is like a mixed cocktail because all three authors do not just focus on one aspect of themselves. They bring up many varieties of who they are that creates their identity in their book. Fun Home is one of the best books about the theme of self-identity.…