He is asking to receive his part of the inheritance right away, before his father is dead and still making use of his wealth. ... On his son's return, the father said and repeated 'For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' His son became selfish and filled with greed (dead, lost), and the consequences of his actions led him to reflect, return home, and recognize his faults (alive, found). The way in which the father repeats the phrase of how the younger son 'was dead and is alive, he was lost and is found' in the text seems to hav...

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Many times, we try to separate ourselves from the world around us; we distance ourselves from the society. For most of us, this delibarate isolation is temporary, but for Willa Cather's protagonist in the short story Paul's Case, this seclusion is permanent. In fact, many researches show that Paul'...

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Did you ever think about where all the fruits and vegetables we purchase at the supermarket come from? How you ever consider what how tedious work and dedication have been replace with a faster technology and equipment in order to mass produced and manufacture most of them, how they no longer come f...

• Word Count: 1918
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate