The Parsley Garden Character Analysis

Pride often leads people to make foolish decisions and their pride does not allow them to see through that. In the story The Parsley Garden by William Saroyan, a boy by the name of Al Condraj faces the same problem. In the story Al Condraj finds himself in an excessive amount of trouble for being caught trying to steal a hammer. After Al Condraj gets caught stealing the hammer his pride get the best of him and causes Al Condraj to hold a grudge against the man who caught him stealing. Al condraj’s pride did not let him see how lucky he got that the store owner did not call the police on him.
In the beginning of of The Parsley Garden the main character Al Condraj was wandering through a store when he stumbles upon a hammer that got his attention. Though he had no money he decided to slip the hammer in his pocket of his over, when suddenly a man grabs Al Condraj by the shoulder and take him to a small office in the back of the store. After a couple of minutes of being in the Store manager's office Al Condraj started to hate the store manager. The author supports this by stating”He hated the man, but
After they catch him Al condraj get taken to the back of a room where he promises to never steal again and then the store manager lets him go. As al Condraj is walking away from the store his pride causes him to have lots of mixed emotions about the situation he was in. At one point Al Condraj felt like going back to the store but as he arrived to the store he felt even more ashamed of himself then he felt before. After all that Al condraj went home where he saw his mom and his mom noticed that he was sad because of the hammer situation. Al Condraj’s mom decided to give him the money but he refused. After that al condraj went for a long walk and in the next morning he was building a bench with a hammer he acquired from the store he tried to steal it