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Summary Of The Talent By Gary Soto
The servant wo hides is gold in “The Talents” has done absolutely nothing with the gold because all he did was hide the gold in the ground. If the master symbolizes God, then this parable tells us about God’s expectation of human beings that we shouldn’t keep things to ourselves like money, knowledge, or food. Instead, God expects us to become bountiful by giving out our possessions and help other in need. Now that the other two servants made money, they now can help others. God doesn’t want us to hoard anything; God wants us to be generous and help everyone that need a hand. God doesn’t want us to act like the servant who hid the money because the money didn’t help anyone, so he hoarding the money that could’ve helped himself and others.

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