"I was the Harry Potter to my father's Voldemort"
Throughout Fun Home , Alison Bechdel references many prominent myths and works and literature that compare to her experiences and relationships. I was organizing my bookshelves this past week when I stumbled upon my Harry Potter books. As I painfully relived my elementary school obsession, I came to realize that Alison and Bruce's relationship actually kind of reminded me of Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort's. Throughout Fun Home , Alison Bechdel characterizes her father, Bruce, as her polar opposite; "I was the Spartan to my father's Athenian, modern to his victorian, butch to his Nelly, utilitarian to his aesthete." However, as the story progresses, it's clear that the two are as similar as they are different. Alison and Bruce both have struggled to conform with their respective genders, and they share a mutual love for literature. In the same way, although Harry Potter and Voldemort epitomize the fight between good and evil, Harry Potter and Voldemort sha...