Lynda Barry 's One Hundred Demons Essay

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One Hundred DemonsThis book, whose author is Lynda Barry, reveals how she can confront demons of various kinds in her life in seventeen vignettes that are full of color. According to her, the meaning of demons is the lie moments that haunt someone, for example, the smell of the houses in the neighborhood where someone grew up. This book has a magical quality that makes the book’s content interesting. Concerning the essay, the book will help describe the representation of gender as written by the author and explain what the author says about the adult world. Also, we will get a full description of how the author represents the impact of trauma, how the novel relates to hope and the possibilities of possible change, the author’s vision on individuality and personal expression, and the kindness and meanness that has been showcased frequently.The representation of gender in this book reveals how women are underrepresented comically. The author continues to say that if they are represented, they are either sexualized or drawn in a way that plays into stereotypes in a misogynistic way (Barry). Her narration style elaborates gender bias and her opposition towards the masculinity norms.
However, her interest is a different kind of femininity because she refuses to into the sexualized conventions which…

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…theme of kindness and meanness are showcased frequently in the book. The author says that we need to counter our own or another person’s meanness because it is one of the little monsters we should fight in our lives. This is just another way of showing how we should fight demons in our lives.This book, ‘One Hundred Demons, has many themes and imagery to show the different opinions of the author. It acts as a living example, especially to the adolescents, because it shows how Barry struggled with her childhood and teenage life since she faced social discrimination. So many other themes have been discussed, as seen in….....

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