"Sunday in the Park" by Bel Kaufman

This story points out the insecurities of a man. Morton would not fight the larger man because he knew he would lose. "The only possible outcome would have been what? My glasses broken, perhaps a tooth or two replaced, a couple of days work missed - and for what? For justice? For truth?" Morton felt that even if he did stand up to this man it would be for nothing because he would lose anyway, however when it came to hitting his own child he didn't think twice. This is because his son Larry is smaller than he is and cant stand up to him. Its almost as if Morton is trying to prove that he is still a man even if he backed down from the larger man. I think this is completely ridiculous. However, we see this all the time in our society.

I think many men need to learn when to swallow their pride. In most cases when a man is embarrassed he tries to make up for it. Which was the case with Morton. I must admit, even I am guilty of doing so. However, if we can learn to overlook our weaknesses and focus on our strengths we should have nothing to prove. Each individual is different, resulting in each person having different strenghts and weaknesses. Morton could have handled this situation a lot better if he would have swallowed his pride and focused on his strengths rather than make up for his weakness. For instance Morton seems to be a well educated man, while the bully dosent seem to have this going for him. Morton didn't have to get in a physical fight with him but could have outsmarted him instead. No matter where you are in life if you have the ability to use your strengths rather than make up for weaknesses you can be successful at whatever you do. This is something that I have learned throughout my time at TCU and since I have put this into perspective I have been able to achieve things I never thought possible.