The Parable Of The Prodigal Son
Learning Lessons
A Critique of the Characters from the Story ‘The Parable of the Prodigal Son’
If someone attempted to evaluate your life, how do you think they would critique you? In the text “From the Parable of the Prodigal Son, from the King James Bible Luke 15: 11-32” many characters could be critiqued. Many different critiques could come from this story due to people having different opinions. In the story, the father gives the son an equal portion of his money. Even though the son is irresponsible with the money, his father forgivingly welcomes him back. An analysis of these characters is a very important study.
One of the characters to critique would be the father. Just like God, our Father, he is the father of his son. In the story, he gives his son what he asks for. When his son departed from the family with the money, he irresponsibly spent it all, and then returned home. The father welcomed him home as if he had never left. The quote, “Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet,” (Line 22) is a suitable example of forgiveness. His son considered what he did as a sin and asks for forgiveness, and his father gave him that and more. Just like with God, if you sin and ask for forgiveness, you will be forgiven. So, you could say that the son's father could be compared to our Father in many ways. …show more content…
The younger son could be considered ‘snotty.’ He thinks because he grew up in a wealthy family, he could get everything he wanted so easily. Just like the quote, “Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me,”(Line 12) shows. He basically demands his father to give him the money, and when he gets it, he goes and spends the money like it’s nothing. Just like the story says, “And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.” (Line
A Critique of the Characters from the Story ‘The Parable of the Prodigal Son’
If someone attempted to evaluate your life, how do you think they would critique you? In the text “From the Parable of the Prodigal Son, from the King James Bible Luke 15: 11-32” many characters could be critiqued. Many different critiques could come from this story due to people having different opinions. In the story, the father gives the son an equal portion of his money. Even though the son is irresponsible with the money, his father forgivingly welcomes him back. An analysis of these characters is a very important study.
One of the characters to critique would be the father. Just like God, our Father, he is the father of his son. In the story, he gives his son what he asks for. When his son departed from the family with the money, he irresponsibly spent it all, and then returned home. The father welcomed him home as if he had never left. The quote, “Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet,” (Line 22) is a suitable example of forgiveness. His son considered what he did as a sin and asks for forgiveness, and his father gave him that and more. Just like with God, if you sin and ask for forgiveness, you will be forgiven. So, you could say that the son's father could be compared to our Father in many ways. …show more content…
The younger son could be considered ‘snotty.’ He thinks because he grew up in a wealthy family, he could get everything he wanted so easily. Just like the quote, “Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me,”(Line 12) shows. He basically demands his father to give him the money, and when he gets it, he goes and spends the money like it’s nothing. Just like the story says, “And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.” (Line