The most ironic part of this story is the role reversal of the father and the son. Instead of the father getting drunk as usual, the son not only drinks his fathers beer but acts like his father acts when he is drunk. In the beginning of the story, the reader finds out that the father embarrasses himself when he is intoxicated. This is wat the son does out side the bar infront of the entire neighborhood. People in town probably knew of the fathers problems, but his embarrassing situation most likely were contained inside the bar. With the son, the whole town saw exactly what happened. This, more than anything made the father want to change his ways. Even though he acts like he is mad at the boy, in the end he does give up drinking. This is ironic, because it took the boy to get drunk to force the father to see the danger it presented and the embarrassment it brought.
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