"'Whilst, woman, whilst, whilst!' he hissed, dancing from one foot to the other. 'Do you want the whole road to her?'" -pg. 351
The humor in this story is obvious, but has underlying irony. The fact that a twelve year old is drunk is fairly humorous to anybody reading this story. However, there is also irony and seriousness in the kid being drunk. The seriousness is in how the family feels about drinking and alcoholism. Since the father has had drinking problems, being drunk is a serious matter to the family. The irony in this is that the kid being drunk has prevented the father from being drunk. It is also ironic how the father doesn't care the whole town knows of his drinking, yet tries to hide his son's drunkenness from the town. The father is mad at his son for drinking the beer, yet his carelessness and distracted attention was the real reason the kid was drunk. This is directly correlated to how the father acts in real life.
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