'Son': Tension Between Father And Son

Proposing a Solution
(Tension Between Father and Son) Have you ever gotten into a fight with your parents? Did it ever seem like your parent was favoring your sibling or leaving you out? In the story “The Prodigal Son,” by King James the eldest brother felt like his father was treating him unfairly. In the story a father of two sons, gives his youngest son ten million dollars for him to go blow in Vegas, while the eldest son stayed home and worked in the fields. When the youngest son comes home broke and homeless, he was hoping to at least be able to be a servant of his father’s because he was sure that his father would reject him. To his surprise, his father welcomed him home with a huge party. When the eldest son heard of the party he became furious and jealous. He wasn’t mad at his brother for getting a party, but more mad at his dad for throwing him a party for nothing. When his father asked him to come into the …show more content…
If the father did the logical thing and told his younger son that he must earn his money by working, and then gave the money to his older son for all the hard work he had done, it would have taught both the sons a positive lesson. If the father chose to do this, the elder son would have learned that when he works hard and respects his father, he will get rewarded with money, which promotes good work ethic. For the younger son, the lesson learned would be that if he works hard like his brother he could get what he wants the most; money to spend. The elder son, after working hard to earn his money, would have spent his money more wisely. When the youngest son was just given the money he did not make good choices with it, “ And when he had spent all. there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.” (Lines 8-9) Clearly, the father should have given his money to his hard working son to set and example for both of