Morton

Morton is a character in the short story “Sunday in the Park” by Bel Kaufman. He is a university professor (p. 1, l. 19). He has a three-year-old son, Larry (p. 1, l. 7). 

Morton reads The Times Magazine, which is a conservative newspaper, which means he is most likely upper class and well-off. He is described as having a “fine, lean face” (p. 1, l. 71) and is “city-pale, cooped up all week inside the gray factorylike university” (p. 1, ll. 18-19). He wears glasses (p. 1, l. 107).

Morton appears to be a peaceful, polite man. He rarely gets angry and seldom loses his temper (p. 1, ll. 89-90). He attempts to reason with the man on the bench and find a middle ground: “ ‘You’re quite right’, he said pleasantly, ‘but just because this is a public place...’ ” (p. 1, ll. 76-77). He remains polite and restrai...