Fun Home 2 ( late blog )

This story has several strong themes throughout the book. The biggest theme without a doubt is sexuality. The book has a lot to do with her sexuality as well as her struggling with her sexuality. She figures out her sexuality through books. She reads interviews, dictionary definitions. These things help her to determine that she is a lesbian . Bechdel and her father were different because while she chose to be open about her sexuality and have a partner, her father had lots of affairs and wasnt open about it. He doesnt come out partly because he was scared. There was " fear in his eyes" whenever the conversation got to close to sexuality. Another theme in the book is death. There is a debate on whether her fathers death was a suicide or an accident. Her father also is the director of a funeral home. The book also talks about gender identity. Bechdel recalls wanting her brothers to call her Albert on one camping trip. Also bechdel looked at her father as a big sissy, while her father tried to make her more feminine. Her father displayed, feminine behaviors while she displayed mascuiline behaviors.