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Papa’s Parrot By Cynthia Rylant Literary Essay Essay by Vivian and Grace

The short story, “Papa’s Parrot” by Cynthia Rylant, teaches readers To Understand and Reflect on what you have done wrong, leading to the importance of family.

Early in the story, Harry demonstrated the importance of family. For example, “Harry stopped liking candy and nuts when he was around seven, but, in spite of this, he and Mr. Tillian remained friends and were still friends the year Harry turned twelve.” Also, “Harry had always stopped in to see his father at work. Many of Harry’s friends stopped there too…”

Later in the story, “When Harry entered Junior High School, though, he didn’t come by the candy and nut shop as often. Nor did his friends.”, at this point Harry has shown the opposite of The importance of family. “A new group of children came to Mr. Tillian’s shop now. But not Harry Tillian and his friends.”

At the end of the story, Harry realized how important family is. For example, “He [Harry] understood now: someone had been saying for a long time, ‘Where’s Harry? Miss him.’” This shows that Mr. Tillian missed his son and needed more company than his parrot, Rocky.

In conclusion, Harry learned that it is very important to understand and reflect on the importance of family. After we have learned about Harry’s experience, we know how hard it is to realize what you have done wrong. We all need to repent, confess, and admit what we have done wrong, and know how important family is—how they can help and support you and how you can help and support them.