The outline of this story is about four different types of people and how they perceive the true word of God. ... As quoted by Tassos Kioulachoglou: "To conclude therefore. ... As quoted by author Henry G. Covert: "The Samaritan's story challenges us to look at our lives. ... To further explain this parable we can break down the story into the main character is the forgiving father, and is looked at as a picture of God. ...

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The story also incorporates tales of children that are in the town, and surrounding areas, who become important to the plot of the story. ... Father Zosima tells her a story about a saint who comforts a grieving mother, like herself, who had lost her only child. ... This story shows children as what children are; little adults. ... One article tells the story of a girl who was hated by her father and mother, who were wealthy and respectable people. ... That idea ties into the story of the school boys with Alyosha, in which the young boy who attacked Alyosha was sufferin...

• Word Count: 2613
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• Grade Level: High School

In many epic stories and poems, authors have been successful in conveying basic human concepts through intricately crafted supernatural characters. ... In Homer's The Odyssey, the protagonist of the story, Odysseus, was a valiant warrior, who along with his men fought in the famed Trojan War and came out as the victors. ...

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One quote that shows this is "Let the sole sorry of your parents be that you might become ill." ... That quote shows a man's responsibility for himself and his family. ... The Koran, using sources in the older Scriptures and later traditions, relates the stories of Abraham, Joseph, Moses and Aaron, David, Solomon, Jesus, and others, all of whom are declared to have been true prophets whose messages were largely ignored: "We sent forth Noah and Abraham, and bestowed on their offspring prophethood an...

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No parable of Jesus has been used or quoted more than that of "The Prodigal Son-. The impact and the effect that this story has had on the lives of people who have heard it are tremendous. ... In this story that our Lord told there was never any question as to whether the boy was a son or not. ...

• Word Count: 3350
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God, Morality, and Meaning in Cormac McCarthy's The Road Erik J. Wielenberg Cormac McCarthy's novel The Road is, among other things, a meditation on morality, what makes human life meaningful, and the relationship between these things and God. While the novel is rife with religious imagery and ideas...

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What is the American family? This question was answered by John de Crevecoeur, in "what is the American?" (1782), when he said: "I could point out to you a family whose grandfather was an Englishman, whose wife was Dutch, whose son married a French woman, and whose present four sons have four wives of different nations."1 In fact, Crevecoeur summarized the history of the American family, in particular, and the American man, in general. There are many kinds of family systems in the world; the English family is but one of them. ...

• Word Count: 9352
• Approx Pages: 37
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School