"The Drunkard"

This story is in the humor and irony category which is more than fitting. I mean, how entertaining would it be to see a kid walking/staggering down a street in a drunken stupor with his father? When he starts yelling obscenities, the humor of the piece is apparent. My favorite part of the story is the end when his mother calls him her "brave little man." It's funny and ironic because most mothers wouldn't be proud of their young sons for finishing off their father's beer. His mother has a good reason, though. Having an alcoholic husband/father makes the boy's act heroic in the eyes of his mother. I think it's strange that she fails to see the potential for her son to become a drunkard like his father. The fact that he's finishing a beer at a young age should be disturbing if nothing else for his mother.