Even after her admission, “I am a lesbian,” Alison does not feel completely satisfied with her own identity (Bechdel, 2007, p. However, after his death, the main character could better understand herself and her sexuality, but not at all in identity.
Alison could guess about his hidden homosexuality, but she could not understand his identity: Bruce hid a lot behind the coldness and anger. Against the background of obsessive-compulsive disorders that poured out into art, these characters have much more in common than it might seem at first.Īlthough Alison had a problematic relationship with her father, it was even more difficult for her to lose him. Identity is fettered by unrealized sexuality, like a heroine who cannot help but lie to her father about attractive female images and the father who emotionally distances himself from the family, hiding his identity (Bechdel, 2007). However, Alison and Bruce’s extremes are formed by the same problems. At first, it is challenging for her to identify herself with her father even at the level of family relations it seems to her that they are the most different people (Bechdel, 2007). Alison does not have time to ask him many vital questions, the answers to which she will come much later. The father tragically dies under the wheels of a truck, but the author leaves the question of suicide. Unable to express his sexuality, he deliberately distorts his identity, which leads to anger, and emotional distance from his family. However, conservative principles also stand in the way of society, which Bruce, the heroine’s father, hides behind. He is a hidden homosexual, and, using power over his daughter, he tries to indirectly express his femininity through her (Bechdel, 2007). The reader is faced with the problem of identity and sexuality for the first time in the process of describing the life of the protagonist’s father. The accompanying text references other literary works, visual arts, and even myths. The author himself has carefully thought out the graphic image. The action is non-linear, reflecting scenes from the girl’s childhood in great detail.
Nevertheless, this satire hides a whole storehouse of growing-up problems. This book focuses on certain essential scenes from family life, even humorously taught.
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