Papa Parrot

Just image that your papa owned a store and when you got older you stopped going to see him at work. Well that’s what Harry did to his father he drove him to the point that he missed him so much Papa got a parrot. Cythia Rylant wrote “Papa’s Parrot”, which is a short story with a comedy plotline that shows that your parents do care about you.

First off it starts off at normal life with Harry visiting his father with his friends every day. When the conflict arises, which is when Harry gets older, he never comes to see his dad after school, because he has other things to do. Then Harry’s father buys a parrot to talk to so he isn’t as lonely at work, and Harry walks by and sees the his dad talking to the parrot and thinks his father gone mad, as the main character realizing the conflict. Then the resolution is that Harry’s father gets hurt and can’t support his shop so he asks Harry to clean up the shop. That’s when the parrot says “where’s Harry”. After that, Harry he goes back to papa which is the return to normal life. Although the plotline is comedy it doesn’t feel like it because his father gets hurt and the bird says, “where’s Harry”, so it sounds sad.

The Purpose of this story is that even if you don’t visit your father at work, then see him later he will still miss you, because he used to see you come every day to motivate himself. If you compare this with my life, I don’t always get to see my mom because when she works I’m sleeping and when she wakes up I’m at school so I’m sure she misses me. This is a normal thing that happens when you get older; there is less time seeing your parents.

Finally the plotline of “Papa Parrot” is comedy and ends in a happy ending. This short Story shows that your parents do care about you and won’t never stop.
From: Jake Roseland