Fun Home

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Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7

Themes

All Themes Gender Identity and Coming of Age Repression vs. Openness Fiction and Reality Death and the Tragicomic Artifice

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Characters

All Characters Alison Bechdel Bruce Bechdel Helen Bechdel Joan Roy

Symbols

All Symbols The Bechdel Family Home Daedalus, Icarus, and the Minotaur

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Introduction

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Detailed Summary
& Analysis

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7

Themes

All Themes
Gender Identity and Coming of Age
Repression vs. Openness
Fiction and Reality
Death and the Tragicomic
Artifice

Quotes

Characters

All Characters
Alison Bechdel
Bruce Bechdel
Helen Bechdel
Joan
Roy

Symbols

All Symbols
The Bechdel Family Home
Daedalus, Icarus, and the Minotaur

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Koltun, Moe. "Fun Home." LitCharts LLC, April 20, 2017. Retrieved January 21, 2020. https://www.litcharts.com/lit/fun-home.

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