FUN HOME

Facial Expressions explains it all

The facial expressions on the characters in the book fun home seem to throw me off from understand what the real purpose of the book is. The blank faces among the mother and the harsh faces upon the father makes the characters seem emotionless, like they lack the ability to care about anything when the words circling the pictures tell a different story. At times you could see the caniving and mysterious looks upon the man could match his alter ego, a homosexual man who has sex with teenage boys. Other times those same faces are shown when he plays with his kids, taking family pictures, and enjoying leisure time while over in Germany.

This book to me seems like the story of an average family. It may not have extreme stories such as homsexuality but in all have its own set of secrets. On the inside they are barely holding on because the many issues within their relationship has seperated them. On the outside they pull off this image of a perfect family. They display a tight knit family that not only communicates perfectly but is involved in eachothers lives. With this story, I think the author was very smart on how she placed the blank faces among the characters. I believe that the faces on the parents, especially the father, shows their hidden secrets and unhappiness while there body language shows a more open person.

Even though as I read the book the characters facial expressions throw me off, I realized that its the author telling two stories at once.