Worlds of Fun

Not in my case. The sun had just risen as we pulled into the empty parking lot with only the sight of the band members unloading from the yellow school bus. It was a very crisp morning so we waited in the warm car until they let us in. We finally were allowed to walk in and listen to eighth grade band perform their melodies. As we waited for the rides to officially open, Kylie told me it was going to be entertaining and enjoyable. When they finally let us in and I looked upon what would either be ridiculously exciting or terrifying, I knew the day was going to be one interesting ride. It was a sharp Saturday morning in spring and I was anxiously waiting to see her dad’s shiny car pull into my grand driveway. Kylie had invited me to Worlds of Fun. Her mother was sick so they had an extra ticket and I was thrilled to attend. The eighth grade band was performing early that morning so I had to be up by 6:30 but it was totally worth it. My mother and father needed to drive my younger sister, Kaelyn, to her tennis tournament so I had the house to myself. The sun was glistening and the early morning dew made a breathtaking aroma. As I waited, I played with my little furry kitten. He loves to look out the front door so I kept it open and we watched all the squirrels and birds go by. When I saw them pull up I kissed Mason goodbye and headed to my exhilarant day. After the band had concluded their musical numbers, we were granted access to be in the park a little early. Yet we still…

really did live in those period rooms.” (Bechdel 17) These words of Alison Bechdel perfectly describe her family. Bechdel may not be widely recognized, however she did introduce the uniqueness of her book to the world as a tragicomic. As the writer and artist of this tragicomic, she only shows what she wants the readers to see. The work is a black and white representation of her coming to a realization of her own homosexuality and a complex relationship with her father. However, Bechdel offers a…

To its uniqueness of a groundbreaking 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…

To start off, the title of the graphic novel, Fun Home, is portrayed as an environment where people live usually accompanied by sweet memories of growing up, having fun, enjoying every moment of their childhood. However, Bechdel uses the word “fun,” short for “funeral,” to refer to Bechdel’s funeral home business, which is her grandfather’s (Bruce’s father, which is her father’s dads’) family business. In Chapter 3: “That Old Catastrophe,” the image of what seems like a dictionary takes up about…

Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir Fun Home is a work that founded on conflicts and paradoxes between outward appearance and meaning. Even the title Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic appears incomprehensible. The phrase “Fun Home” all the same for first Family funeral home, that evidently is not something, a number of us would consider being fun. We tend to contemplate the phase “Fun Home” in relevancy the family’s actual house; it is clear that their family life is not notably fun with its upsides of…

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…

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel is an autobiographical graphic memoir that correlates her coming of age with her discovery of her homosexuality. Bechdel is also battling her inner fears that came along with her upraising but is baffled by the unearthing of her father’s own homosexuality. Her artistic decisions are affected by her homosexuality because she chooses to add stereotypical gender roles. Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic develops a proper story line by…

Considering Fun Home as a mystery novel, Bruce Bechdel’s death serves as the inciting incident which spurs Alison Bechdel to look through the “clues” -- memories, letters, photographs, etc. -- to formulate a judgment about her father’s life. Throughout the novel, it’s clear Alison’s relationship with her parents is tumultuous. Due to her father’s uptight, perfectionist nature, Bechdel finds it difficult to attain his approval and criticize him; moreover, she describes showing him affection “an…

In Labor of Fun by Nick Yee, he discusses the idea that interactive online games are essentially a convergence between what we do in real life and our digital world. He touches also on the idea that it odd that there is so much overlapping between the activities we do when working in comparison to what we so for fun online. Throughout is writing he compares the roles we take online in these games to the different career paths that we can take in life. He explains that at a very basic level all…

Ever wanted to be magical? Be a hero? Well at Abookutopia everyone is divergent, a runner, a tribute, a wizard, or a demigod. Our rides, food, and staff are all magical. This is a place for fangirls and/or fanboys. The park is based off young adult books. You will never want to leave this place ever again. Find out who your godly parent is, or what faction you are in. Even muggles will have fun. Then again we are a one of a kind park and voted the best because we are unique in so many ways. Now…