The parable follows a a linear structure in which the younger son asks for his part of the inheritance, leaves to recklessly spend it in 'wild living', finds himself in hard times without resources, and returns home to find acceptance from his father as well as anger from his older brother. ... The parable's main character is the younger son, whose problems are well represented on how this text is also often called, "The Parable of the Prodigal Son". ... The way in which the father repeats the phrase of how the younger son 'was dead and is alive, he was lost an...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate