Sunday in the Park- anwer questions 1-6

1. Morton and his wife took their son Larry to the park on a Sunday afternoon. Larry was kindly playing in the sandbox when another kid his age named Joe started to throw sand at Larry. Larry’s mother told the little boy not the throw sand, Joe didn’t listen and did it again. Once the mother said something again, Joe’s father said “you go right ahead, Joe…throw all you want. This is a public sandbox.” Both men stood up, and Morton thought it wasn’t worth the fight and dragged Larry and wife home. Morton wife was not too pleased!
2. I think the wife in the story isn’t named because I feel as if this fight was between two men. She is just a woman and she can’t physically fight with another man.
3. I would say that this is the “typical” parents because “like father like son” the parents should be the role models and most parents like to be superior to the rest. They don’t like other parents disciplining their children.
4. The story’s tone changes when Joe’s father is rude and allows his son to misbehave, and doesn’t discipline him for doing the wrong thing. In his eyes it’s a public sandbox and that okay to behave badly.
5. The sandbox incident is similar to many other life situations because it shows that some people try to walk all over others. A lot of people are impolite and like to start a fight or an argument for what? Absolutely nothing at all, it’s just all a show. And to prove who’s boss or superior.
6. The meaning of the last paragraph is Morton’s wife gets to his head. Morton gets very angry and wants to take it out on Larry. The wife stops him, and demonstrates she should have taken it out on that awful man at the park. Morton finally snaps but is taken it out on the wrong person! That’s what I believe the last part of the store meant.