As we discussed on Tuesday, Bechdel did not want to accept that maybe her father’s death really was a suicide that had nothing to do with her. She wanted to keep a connection with her father no matter how bad or insignificant it was. In the next three chapters we see this occurring. Bechdel even says they tried to make the other more of what gender they should be instead of focusing on their own. Her father makes her wear a barrette in her hair. He also buys her dresses he wants t her to wear that are feminine. Bechdel tries to suggest to her father of what kind of suits he should wear, for example the blazer that she was looking at in a magazine. In both cases they failed but they still had an odd connection with each other. There is more of a connection seen, however small, between the two of them than any other member of the family. Even her mother is not so connected with the family, seems to be in denial about what is happening to husband and daughter.

Even thought the family is as she says, “…a sham. That our hose was not a real home at all but the simulacrum of one…” (Page 17) she seems to have some sort of contentment with the relationship she has with her father.  Maybe that small connection is something she wants to keep of her father since she seemed to always have a small connection.

-Kimberly S