Fun Home

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…

Ailen Concepcion Lit. 353 Spring 2016 Title In their memoirs, Fun Home and Stitches, authors Alison Bechdel and David Small tell their personal stories about their strange family life and the struggles in a dysfunctional home. Both authors had strained relationships with one of their parent while the other parent was often aloof and distant. Strangely enough, although their stories seem quite similar both authors bring their own style to the table and made the story their own. Their works are…

In recent discussion of the graphic novel Fun Home, a controversial issue has been whether Fun Home should be taught in a college setting, and if it should be required to read. On the one hand, some argue that Fun Home is a perfect representation of the problems some people face with their sexuality and the death of a loved one. From this perspective, people say it is easy to understand a perspective that you don’t really understand, and opens your mind to different ideas. On the other hand,…

While reading “Fun Home”, I was incredibly surprised when Bechdel reveals her past with obsessive compulsive disorder. Bechdel’s high level of intelligence can easily be seen through this piece, so hearing her talk about the “self-soothing, autistic loop” (139) that was her childhood during this period of time was something I was not expecting. With that being said, with her reveal I found clarity—the way she deals with situations stems back to that loop and her compulsions, and seems to have…

a discussion over Fun Home, a graphic novel, written by Allison Bechdel. A topic that my class briefly talked about throughout this discussion was the title of the novel and its physical meaning. The title of this novel is Fun Home. In reality, this title was sarcastic and had a deeper meaning toward it. When I think of a fun home I think of the fairs or haunted houses people visit with the distorted mirrors and scary characters inside, such as clowns. A comparison to these fun houses is the…

read them. Let me start by saying I am proud of the people you are becoming as you grow up. I know I’m the oldest, but there are times I look up to you as well. All of you should be comfortable being whoever you want to be. In the graphic novel, Fun Home, the main character’s father hides who he really is and by the end of the…

He does, however, admit that, “I guess there was some kind of…identification.” (Bechdel. Fun Home I: 220. Figure 7) two panels later. This hesitation is not only shown verbally by his pause in speech on the intradiegetic level but primarily visually on the diegetic level where his emotions and thoughts are depicted by his facial expression as…

In her family tragicomic Fun Home, author and cartoonist Alison Bechdel writes about her dysfunctional family, struggles with her sexuality, and her relationship with her father. In the fourth chapter of her book, Bechdel illustrates the similarities between herself and her father, Bruce Bechdel. Her discovery of her Dad’s hidden photos reveals the underlying secrets that she and he both share. This discovery also identifies the characteristics that translate from Bruce to Alison Bechdel such as…

In Bechdel’s Fun Home, a graphic novel memoir about the relationship with her father, it is obvious that every member of the family engages with fiction. The reader constantly sees these characters reading literature, writing, and acting. However, their interactions with fiction do not end with books and plays. It seems that they each use fiction in some relation to reality; generally, to alter it. The two characters Helen and Bruce use fiction as way to escape and live in a preferred reality,…

The struggle of sexuality contributes to the motivations and behaviors of all the characters in Fun Home written by Allison Bechdel. The piece is a memoir, but as Bechdel refers to it; its best referred to as a family tragicomic. The work can be categorized in many multiple ways, but the best way to define it is uncertainty. This quality is not unfamiliar to many, uncertainty is a constant in life. The eternal search for true self, and the struggle of accepting what your true self is the battle…