What is the effect of Bechdel using art as a lens through which to reflect on her life?Īs she relates in this memoir, Bechdel grew up steeped in literature.
It also reminds the reader about the importance of written communication in the Bechdel family, especially to Bruce, who liked to imagine himself as his favorite writers and the characters from their novels. These images therefore allow the reader a window into the perspective of other characters without the filter of Bechdel's hindsight and voice as a narrator of this memoir. Often, the contents of these letters reveals information that the author does not mention elsewhere. Why might Bechdel choose to reveal certain information through drawings of written communication, rather than just telling the reader?īechdel invokes the theme of written words through drawings of letters written by herself or by her family members.
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