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Fun Home represents a more recent trend in graphic literature, which is the graphic memoir. Along with books like Blankets (in the library), these memoirs graphically depict real-life events.
Fun Home in particular is a tale of gender, sexual orientation, and identity. It is a coming of age story, yes, but it is also a tale of acquiring self-understanding through, and sometimes in spite of, one's parents. While sexual orientation and identity are at the forefront here, there are themes broad and general enough for anyone to relate to.
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Discussion Board 10
When evaluating those around us, the mental processes we undergo are the social
categorization, social identification, and social comparison. Objects are categorized as a
way of gaining a better understanding and people are categorized to understand the social
environment. Identification helps determine the categories that people belong to, for
example, students, teachers, and others. Comparison helps compare people with different
groups which can be done as a way of maintaining self-esteem and for competition
purposes.
Alison is the main protagonist in Fun Home, and it is clear that she identifies with
the male people. She wanted to be masculine, yet her...