Fun Home is a tragic comic that explores the coming of age story of the author Alison Bechdel and her struggle to come to grips with her sexuality. The novel starts with what must be her first memory of her father. The graphic novel covers many issues within queer theory, self discovery , and self identity. There are a few scenes and elements of the story that stuck out to me that I thought would be good discussion points for this blog.
The scene above is on page 58. Alison's mother uses the fact that the father was molested when he was young to explain his homosexual tendencies. Is this a valid argument? Why or why not?
Alison includes many boxes to describe things in the environment. Do you find this helpful in your reading? Or is it a distraction? Discuss.