Communication in he 'Fun Home'

In the story ‘Fun home’ the family had absolutely no type of communication. It was awkward and at times uncomfortable to even live there. Situations or problems would occur and no one would say anything about it. This proves to be a major problem in the household. In order to advance, and fix any type of situation communication is needed, and this is exactly what was missing from the Bechel family. Every emotion, question etc in the fun home was silenced by fear, anger, and confusion. The problems within the family itself ran deep, so this question arises “if there was some form of communication, would thing be a little different?” I say yes. I believe things probably wouldn’t have gotten automatically better, but the transition, or more so living with the secrets would be a lot easier, in turn making life for the family a lot easier. Everyone in the family felt trapped, and silenced, in my opinion if they at least talked about some of the problems, most of the feelings on entrapment would be relieved. The lack of communication within the household, led to future problems for the characters. For example Allison and her father were never extremely close, Even though they saw each other every day, they were still so distant. She even stated “I can’t say he was a bad father...he was there” this shows throughout her entire childhood, she only remembers her father as being in her life in just the physical sense, his body and presence. When it came to an emotional or mental connection however, that didn’t happen because they never communicated. Allison didn’t even know how to kiss her father goodnight! A task that seemed so simple turned into something extreme because of the lack of affection in the household. This followed her into her young adult life as well. It was difficult for her to essentially become physical with her partner.