Objective: Understand and appreciate parables.
Prodigal-[prod-i-guhl]wastefully or recklessly extravagant
This is a Bible story. Read the one page story p. 438-439 Purple Book
Parables usually have the following characteristics:
• They teach a moral lesson in a short and focused format.
• They are a type of allegory, a work in which the characters and events stand for abstract ideas and principles.
1. Have you every been accused of something that you didn't do, or do you know of someone else who was falsely accused? If so, how did you feel about the accusation? Why do you think it was made? Was it ever disproved? Discuss the causes and effects of the false accusations in a paragraph. Make sure you have a topic sentence.
2. Define the following words: parable, repetition, credible, and inference.
3. In line 21, why do you think the son's words are repeated-- or the use of repetition?
4. What values does the parable suggest are important?
5. Explain how the characteristics of a parable apply to this story.
6. If you were in the father's place how would you have reacted?
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