The Drunkard by Frank O’Connor

The drunk is, at premierborn glance, a comedy just about youth and unint fireed drunkness, and a grateful mother. It is also, however, a glimpse into the personalities of the members of a dysfunctional family egotistical have, demeaned mother and ignored and/or abused child. hark back about the story and choose a focus of your essay. It could be irritability, family kinetics or the individual characteristics of the start out or son. Once you have your theme, rate the arcdegrees that you will relate to support your idea.Develop the five-paragraph essay BEFORE you write so that you know where you are press release. The Use of Irony and Humor of The Drunkard In the story, The Drunkard the author stamp OConnor uses a burden of view to primarily reveal temper and raillery. In the story, OConnor uses first person point of view. First person point of view is told done the eyes of the main character in this story. The main character is named Larry. Larry is a young male ch ild who has to go along with his novice one mean solar day to a funeral.Larrys father Mick is the person referred to as the wino. Larry seems to know what will progress when he goes with his father but is hoping that his father might consider his presence and not drink. Since the story is told through fiddling Larrys eyes and thoughts the reader mainly focuses on how Larry feels about his dada being a drinker. The Irony and liquid body substance that is found in hu spellhood beings nature is revealed through Larry, first person point of view, and what happens on his expeditiousness with his father Mick.Irony, the incongruities mingled with the expected and actual results of events and humor, the quality of being preposterously ludicrous are interweaved in this story. In the short story, The Drunkard Frank OConnor uses first person point of view to reveal the humor and irony that is created in this shady story. Humor is seen many times in the story later Larry and his fa ther Mick reach the bar avocation the funeral. Larry is thirsty and takes a drink of his fathers beer. Larry finishes his fathers drink and becomes drunk afterwards.While this is occurring his father is talking away with a man named Peter Crowley who is also a drinker. When Mick realizes Larry is drunk he knows he must take him al-Qaida immediately. This scene is described as, They all halt gabbling to gape at the strange spectacle of ii sober workforce, middle aged men adding home a drunken small son with a cut over his eye(301). This could not be correct told than through the eyes of Larry who at the time is observing all he sees happening around him. Two usually drunk men carrying home but a young boy who is not sobers enough to walk.This humourous scene described by the main character reveals to a greater extent(prenominal) usage because little Larry is the one who is drunk. It is also a bit ironic that the two grown men are carrying a drunken young boy home and it is not the other way around. Larry is watching all the hatful around him and knows how ridiculous he must look in between the arms of his father adepter Crowley. The humor is revealed in an entertaining way from the first person point of view because of the situation the main character is in and how he is describing it.Irony seems to occur in a few instances since Larry is setting up the reader with certain expectations. Larry tells us how his father is and knows exactly what will happen after the funeral. His father will wind up in a bar drunk like he had been described doing since his best mavin transgressed away. Larrys first conclusion about the circumstances that are belike to occur is, I know I might have to bring him home, blink drunk, consume Blarney Lane, with all the old women at their doors, facial expression Mick De passagewayy is on it again (302).This is Larrys prediction to how the day would end up. To the readers hilarious surprise, this is not what happens. Larry s thirst at the bar gets him in to an unusual situation and bewilderment from the liquor he has drunk. Larry as he realizes he is drunk says to himself, But, drunk and all as I was (301). both the Larry and the reader are surprised by this ironic event. Larrys prediction is reversed. He no longer has to take his drunken father home down Blarney Lane. Now Larrys father has to take Larry home blind drunk.The twist of events that Larry the main character is going through mainly reveals the irony also in a more humorous way. Humor through the eyes and words of Larry, the main character, pull up stakes the reader with more enjoyment as his day continues. As the men carry Larry by the arms he knows he is going to promenade down Blarney Lane drunk. So as Larry is proceeding down the lane he cries out to the women laughing, Ill make ye laugh at the other side of year faces if ye dont let me passGo away ye bloody bitchesTake care or Ill come back and show ye (302).This scene described by L arry is truly comical. He knows he father usually passes down this same lane drunk but does not get to realize what it is like until now. Its especially worse for Larry because he is not a grown man yet who is allowed to drink. It is ironic also because Larry never thought hed be the one walking down this lane drunk after the funeral. The humor being revealed is more amusing through the words of Larry who is copulation the story from the first person point of view.Using the first person point of view is more appropriate in order to reveal humor and irony as the main elements in this story. The main character Larry who is utter this story adds a more entertaining view. He gives the story irony from his own words and predictions. He also gives the story more humor because of his actions. Despite what he thought the day would be like with his father after the funeral he ends up being mistaken in an amusing way. The story told from the first person point of view reveals a more enjoya ble story, regardless of whether the storys incidents were actually true or not.