Small indeed was my appetite. this inexplicable incident, this reversal of my previous experience, seemed, like the babylonian finger on the wall, to be spelling out the letters of my judgment; and i began to reflect more seriously than ever before on the issues and possibilities of my double existence. what conclusion can the reader draw about dr. jekyll from this excerpt?

a.) he is a spiritual man devoted to his religious studies.

b.) he is concerned about the course of his experiment.

c.) he is worried about the financial responsibility of a double life.

d.) he is afraid of being exposed as a fraud.

B.) He is concerned about the course of his experiment.

Dr. Jekyll is a meticulous, dedicated and friendly doctor, who nevertheless, sometimes is consumed with evil thoughts. In order to rid himself of these, he develops a serum. This experiment causes the evil thoughts to be personified in the character of Mr. Hyde.

In this passage, we can see that the doctor has performed his experiment, and is reflecting on the "issues and possibilities" of the outcome. This shows that he had become concerned about the course of his experiment.

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).