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In the story “The Parsley Garden” by William Saroyan, a young boy named Al Condraj tries to steal a hammer from wolwarth and gets caught and he felt so guilty about stealing a hammer he confessed to his about it. Unfortunately he was caught by a ¨young man” and they humiliate him in front of the store manager. Al learns to be mature and make better choices. The humiliating part demonstrates to Al what kind kind of person he will be in the future. In the story Al is known as a thief. All because he decided to steal a hammer from a local store from his house. The reason why he stole the hammer was because, he wanted to build something using wood, nails, and the hammer. After attempting to steal the hammer he was humiliated badly but Al
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