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 answer is definitely option c. "sonnet xxxi best illustrates the division. in the octave, the poet observes that the moon is in love. in the sestet, he gives his reaction to the fickleness of woman's love."

because they were not just any seashells they were sally's seashells