Which two sentences in this passage include a simile? jerome was leaving his house when he heard a loud scream coming from inside. he ran back to the backdoor and entered as quietly as a mouse. he could hear his heart thumping inside his body. “who could have screamed? ” he thought. the house was empty when he left. was there an intruder? jerome moved upstairs. someone screamed again. he stopped in his tracks and held the bannister. his face was as white as a sheet. he was sure that the sound had come from the guest room. jerome remembered that only paulie, the african grey parrot, was in that room. he rushed up to it, hoping that paulie was not in danger. as he entered, paulie greeted him with a whistle. jerome looked around; there was no one else in that room. then he heard the scream again. it was paulie. jerome heaved a sigh of relief. “it must be all those scary movies that paulie watches with mom,” thought jerome. “he’s just copying the actors’ screams.”

the 1st and 3rd sentences.

11-32. the main character in the parable, the forgiving father, whose character remains constant throughout the story, is a picture of god. in telling the story, jesus identifies himself with god in his loving attitude to the lost. the younger son symbolizes the lost (the tax collectors and sinners of that day, luke 15: 1), and the elder brother represents the self-righteous (the pharisees and teachers of the law of that day, luke 15: 2). the major theme of this parable seems not to be so much the conversion of the sinner, as in the previous two parables of luke 15, but rather the restoration of a believer into fellowship with the father. in the first two parables, the owner went out to look for what was lost (luke 15: 1-10), whereas in this story the father waits and watches eagerly for his son's return. we see a progression through the three parables from the relationship of one in a hundred (luke 15: 1-7), to one in ten (luke 15: 8-10), to one in one (luke 15: 11-32), demonstrating god’s love for each individual and his personal attentiveness towards all humanity. we see in this story the graciousness of the father overshadowing the sinfulness of the son, as it is the memory of the father’s goodness that brings the prodigal son to repentance (romans 2: 4).