Go to commonlit. org and the story is called: the two brothers*when your done reading it me answer this questions*part a: which of the following statements best summarizes a theme of this story? a the only way to be forgiven for your sins is to leave your loved ones behind. b people can do more good with simple, kind actions than they can with money. c it is best to live a structured life in order to avoid the temptations of the world. d people should be forgiven for their sins once they recognize their mistakes.

B People can do more good with simple, kind actions than they can with money.

In the story the brother that refuses the money does better than the brother who takes all of the money. The passages that best support this theme are “Thou art not worthy to dwell with thy brother. That one leap aside of thy brother’s was worth more than all that thou hast done with thy gold.” (Paragraph 9)  

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“…and he understood that not by gold, but by good works only, could he render service to God and his fellow-man.” (Paragraph 14)

the correct answer is d. a discussion of specific uses of alliteration

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when you are critiquing or evaluating a poem, you will mostly pay attention to the theme, as well as figures of speech and rhythm. alliteration is a figure of speech where consonants are repeated in neighboring words - and it is important for analysis of sound and rhythm, which is why it might appear in the evaluation of that poem.