In the short story "Sunday In The Park", Bel Kaufman describes a families ordeal when
             trying to relax in the park on a nice Sunday afternoon. We see, through the selective omniscient
             point of view, the families child, Larry playing in the sandbox with another little boy, Joe who
             throws sand at Larry. Due to Joe's father and his lack of caring, there is a confrontation between
             Larry's father, Morton and Joe's father. Through the use of the selective omniscient viewpoint
             we see what is taking place at an objective level and are also treated with seeing the event unfold
             through the mothers eyes. We get a taste of her reaction to the situation and from this we see the
             deeper meaning behind the incident. The omniscient point of view shows us that while Morton
             tries to defuse the situation using politeness, it is just a pretense of his middle class status and
             that behind his politeness and his education, Morton is just like his child in the sandbox, weak
             Throughout the story the author describes Morton's speaking as pleasant, courteous and
             reasonable. In fact, Morton is not so much speaking politely to Joe's father as he is being
             condescending to him. This is seen particularly where it states that he "turned his fine, lean face
             toward the man smiling the shy, apologetic smile he might have offered a student in pointing out
             an error in his thinking"(par. 8). This reference also points to Morton's weakness in that his
             smile is apologetic and shy. These word choices show that he is not a man accustomed to
             defiance nor is he good at handling it.
             Early in the story we see Larry's mothers reaction to him having sand thrown at him. The
             text states, "Her first instinct was to rush to her son [...] but she controlled it. She always said
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