Alison’s first girlfriend whom she meets at Oberlin. Joan is a poet, feminist, and activist, and has one glass eye because when she was young a boy shot it out with a defective toy arrow. She is dating Alison at the time of Bruce’s death, and Helen gifts her a book of Wallace Stevens poems from Bruce’s library shortly after his death.
Joan Quotes in Fun Home
The Fun Home quotes below are all either spoken by Joan or refer to Joan. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 2
Quotes
Joan drove home with me and we arrived that evening. My little brother John and I greeted each other with ghastly, uncontrollable grins.
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Alison Bechdel (speaker), Bruce Bechdel, Joan, John Bechdel
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Joan Quotes in Fun Home
The Fun Home quotes below are all either spoken by Joan or refer to Joan. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 2
Quotes
Joan drove home with me and we arrived that evening. My little brother John and I greeted each other with ghastly, uncontrollable grins.
Related Characters:
Alison Bechdel (speaker), Bruce Bechdel, Joan, John Bechdel
Related Themes:
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