Heidi Assignment: End of Part One

On pages 164 and 165 the Alm Uncle is affected emotionally by the story of the Prodigal Son that Heidi reads to him. He is effected emotionally because he realizes that his life is not over. In the beginning of the book, Dete has a conversation with Barbel in pages 4-10. She explains to Barbel how the Alm Uncle once was wealthy because of the land he owned but he drank and gambled away all of his money and land as seen on page 7 and 8. Also, his brother disappears never to be heard of again. The Alm Uncle relates to the story because he realizes that if he gets in contact with his family, they will accept him with open arms just like the father did with the son in the story.