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Facade in Sag Harbor

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 I have been seeing a common thread of facade in Sag Harbor, a difference between the surface-level interactions between people and what they truly think inside. I will examine a few examples of this thread and what they add to each respective arc of the story. One of the first big examples I will address is Benji's father's relationship to the rest of his family and the neighborhood. I think it was very telling that his father was "known up and down the beach as a master griller, the wind itself in service to his legend, bearing the exquisite smell of caramelizing meat through the developments" (178), but at the end of the chapter Benji describes the meat tasting like sand. Also important is the fact that after tasting the meat, Benji tells his Dad that it tastes great, putting up a facade to please him. It has been obvious that pleasing their father is important to the family, as they have a lot of unpleasant interactions with him when he's not happy. Here the ...
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Some intertextuality examples in Fun Home

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