Alison Bechdel

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…

secrets, He avoided any real type of connection with his children to preserve what he was hiding. Communication along with transparency, is often crucial for a healthy relationship, especially when it comes to family members. Through these lies, Alison Bechdel had a difficult time trying to figure out her identity along with her family's’ In a way, as she grew up she experienced emotion neglected and left to figure her life and identity on her own. Along with the family's secrets and lies,…

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…

their psyche. Women voicing out their own thoughts to help save who they are is not exclusive to domestic workers who traveled hundreds of miles away to find a new home. In her graphic novel Fun Home, Alison Bechdel’s darkest memories were in times when she was not able to write things down (Bechdel, 142). And it does not always need to be as personal as a story of a meager lunch or a neglecting parents.It Can be as big as a collective identity (Adichie). It is a tool that enables women to have…

narrative space dominated by men is the Bechdel test. In order to progress towards the equal representation of women in the media, all movies should pass the Bechdel test. But what exactly is the Bechdel test? Popularized by cartoonist Alison Bechdel in 1985, The Bechdel Test, also known as the Mo Movie Measure or Bechdel Rule, is a simple test that determines whether women are portrayed as humans in a story, acting as subjects rather than objects. Bechdel came up with the test in the panels of…

exercise). Lastly, Scott states there are six steps that every work in every medium will follow astutely; “idea, form, idiom, structure, craft, and surface (Mccloud 170). Subsequently, Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home, follows the aforementioned path, designating her memoir as a comic, as well as a form of high art. Bechdel repetitively redrew her family photos, in…

Alison Bechdel’s “The Ordinary Devoted Mother” illustrates the hardships that Bechdel faces in both writing the memoir and her everyday life revolving around writing. As we see her writing this memoir, we also see the things that impact her such as her interest in psychoanalysis and dreams. As Bechdel puts it, “You can’t live and write at the same time” (79). This quote is very important as the reader follows along Bechdel’s story and see’s the hardships she faces when writing. The beginning of…

The chapter “Old Father, Old Artificer” in Alison Bechdel’s “Fun Home” creates a depressing and sad image of her father. All of her life her father Bruce was hiding behind a well designed “gorgeous” house and a seemingly perfect family. In reality, he was very controlling and bitter. From the beginning, Bechdel reveals to us who her father really was; the images expressed showed an unhappy man who looked “dead”. A theme that is clearly on display in this is the underlying struggle between…

The most interesting panel on page 134 of Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home is the 3rd panel, which consumes more than half the page in its depiction of Bechdel’s childhood gothic revival home. There are several images that are overlaid, which may be described as internal panels. They magnify the individual studies of the family inside, and their solitude is amplified by their silhouetted forms. Despite the fact that the entire family lives under one roof, Bechdel seems to imply that they are only able…

In Alison Bechdel’s best-selling graphic memoir Fun Home, it discusses a wide variety of topics throughout. Fun Home focuses on Alison Bechdel’s family life, the alleged suicide or accidental death of her father, her father’s inability to live the way he wanted to- to even including her coming-out story. The graphic memoir’s focus has to do with Alison’s father's secret life, and his inability to be who he truly wanted to be- and the issues that it caused on not only his life but Alison and her…