Character Analysis: The Parsley Garden

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At a young age many people make mistakes , some learn from them and some don´t.
In this short story “ The Parsley Garden ¨ William Saroyan suggests that by doing something wrong will give you consequences in the long run. It is important that you work hard for what you want , make good choice and be successful. Making good choices will make your life brighter, successful and have higher limits if you work hard for what you want. In the short story “ The Parsley Garden “ Al showed you if you work hard for what you want you will have a better outcome.After, Al feels ashamed by getting caught stealing he returns back to the store and lets them know that is not how he is. Al Condraj shows this by thinking of his mistake and ends up going back to the store and asking the old man if he can work. “ We didn’t talk, but at the end of the day he took me to Mr. Clemmer’s office and he told Mr. Clemmer that I’d worked hard all day ought to be paid at least a dollar.” Since he was wanting to accept the job that they were offering him he did. But they offered to pay him a dollar but he turned down the money. This justifies that he was not really working for the money, he was working to prove to them that he is a …show more content…

As in this story Al wanted to build a bench but did not have the tools for them , so he then decided to go to the store and steal a hammer. Eventually he had got caught. After , he went through the whole process of getting caught then eventually being able to get out the store with no trouble , he realized he messed up and wanted to pay for it. He wanted the hammer so bad and other tools that he went back to the store and asked if he can work for it. He then started working and eventually got his Hammer. “ Work Hard For What You

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