"I'm the one that ought to be pitied, with my day ruined on me, and I after being made a show for the whole road." (page 351)
The boy at the beginning of the story reprimands his father for getting drunk. The actions of his father are not respected and his father makes a fool of himself. However, the son ends up getting drunk and embarrasses the father. This is ironic. The father is embarrassed because of the way his son is acting, which is similar to how the son felt about the father at first. Later on, the mom approves of her son being drunk because it prevents the father from drinking. This is ironic because normally a mother would not approve of her child getting drunk and behaving the way in which he did.
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