Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

Describe the role of snakes as a motif in Fun Home. What makes them significant to the plot? What makes them symbolically significant?

Why did Bechdel include the anecdotes about her childhood struggle with OCD? How do these memories support and relate to the greater themes of Fun Home?

What does Fun Home have to say about what makes a “good” parent? Are Alison’s parents cast in a predominantly negative or positive light?