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What is the "Fun Home"?

Why is adult Alison's age significant?

What song is the climax of FUN HOME, when Adult Alison actively steps into the story instead of just passively watching?

How does Bruce die?

In what state does FUN HOME primarily take place?

In addition to Bruce in “Edges of the World”, who else sings the following lyric:

"And I’m falling into nothingness,

or flying into something so sublime"

Bruce guilting Small Alison to change the drawing she's taking into class most closely resembles what other moment?

How does Medium Alison come to learn that Bruce is gay?

In what home do the Bechdels actually live?

Asked by Razza S #1248783 on 8/1/2022 4:15 AM

Last updated by jill d #170087 on 8/1/2022 12:17 PM

Answered by jill d #170087 on 8/1/2022 12:17 PM

Bruce dies when he is hit by a Sunbeam Bread truck while crossing the street. Bechdel suspects that her father's death was a suicide.

The family lives in the family mansion, an old gothic home in Pennsylvania.

The main setting is Pennsylvania.