Sexuality

1)   In the beginning of the book she mentions that she has brothers and they have a good relationship but how come it ends there? How come she did not talk about her brothers and how they grew?

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Why did Alison Bechdel decide to write her novel this why? Graphic novel?

A question that was brought up in was Does Alison sexuality stem from her father’s ways? I feel that most of Alison’s emotions and behaviors stem from her father’s ways. In most of the class discussions it is clear that Alison never received the love and affection she deserved from her father, as well as her mother. As a young girl Alison did not quiet understand her father’s behaviors or his emotions toward certain things and certain people. She could not figure out why her father was more into flowers than cars or sports like every other man.  As Alison began to grow she would start reading books from her father’s collection and most of the books seemed to be in reference to sexuality. Maybe reading those books caused her to feel the way she does, or maybe it was the way she watched her father decorate their house. I think after reading through her story, Alison seemed to find her affection and love from anyone who was willing to give it to her, such as girls. Throughout her life even though she might not want to admit it, her father played a huge part in her life. I think deep down her father in way guided her to who she is now. Also maybe she felt that because her father was sissy like, (as Alison called him) she felt that she has to be more masculine in place of her father’s lack of man. Yes, she had two other brothers, but it seems as though her father actions toward everything affected her the most and might have shaped her to the person that she is today.