"The Drunkard" by: Frank O'Connor

I found this story to be very humorous. Could you imagine a young child, possibly 10, walking down the street drunk beyond belief and cursing at old women. To me, this seemed funny because it was so unexpected. Also, the fact that the father is getting a sort of "karma" was also funny to me. Every time the father relapses into his alcoholism, the family has to put up with the embarrassment and other problems that come along with his problem. For once, the father has to be lucid enough to be embarrassed himself. His drunk son who stole his beer in a bar is embarrassing him as he walks drunk down the street. If this isn't karma, then I don't know what is.