Why does yevgeny become frustrated after attempting to reason logically with his son

Yevgeny became fustrated after attempting to reason logically with his son because every attempt he made to let his son know that smoking is bad seemed futile. He finds that all of his logical arguments were hollow and ineffectual.

His seven-year old son seemed to be absent-minded at times and some other times, yet to be convinced logically to stop smoking.

Explanation:

Yevgeny who has been informed by the governess that his son smokes, got home and got into a discussion with his son. Throughout the story, Yevgeny was trying to find a way to explain to his son why he shouldn't smoke.

"Home" is a comedy about a child-parent relationship.

Yevgeny Petrovitch Bykovsky discovers that his act of disciplining his son stirred up deep philosophic thoughts and attitudes.

"Home" was authored by Aston Chekhov, a Russian playwright and author whose skilful craft of the short story is well known.