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In the story “The Parsley Garden” a boy named Al Condraj steals a hammer. Al Condraj gets caught stealing. He gets set off with a warning, hating the men that made him feel embarrassed. He builds up courage and pride to go into the store and work out a better way to get the hammer. Al Condraj gave a valuable lesson about the story. He did not let his hurt pride keep him from his objective , in fact he maturely worked for what he wanted and strove to get it. The author William Saroyan interprets how Al Condraj steals the hammer and has to deal with his embarrassment of getting caught. Al condraj learns the ways of embarrassment but is struck with the word pride and doesn’t let himself down. When Al Condraj gets caught in the store stealing

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