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Sunday At The Park Analysis
“Sunday at the Park”

First of all, in this story they say adults can be bullies too. In, Sunday at the Park by Bel Kaufman, Larry learn that their is this little boy at the park, who is throwing sand at him, and starting arguments between them two, and the parents.

In the beginning, Larry is getting very emotional at the sandbox because, there's this little boy who the narrator describes as, “same age as Larry, just with a chubby and husky face, and arms”. Larry then, tells his father which is just sitting on the bench watching his son throw sand, and keep’s telling him to, “go right ahead son, you can throw sand, or whatever you want”. So, Larry’s parents tell the little boy’s father, “to quit acting immature,

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