Read this excerpt from paragraph 12 of "sixteen" and answer the question. it was snowing harder now. big, quiet flakes that clung to us lovingly. it was all so lovely that i was sorry i lived only a few blocks away. he talked softly as we walked as if every little word was a secret. what does this excerpt best reveal about the narrator? her feelings of infatuation make a simple experience seem much more fanciful. her worldly experience her to appreciate the significance of the occasion. her perception of the event is made personal by the silence of their surroundings. her appreciation of the weather causes her to enjoy the walk with her companion.

The correct answer is: Her feelings of infatuation make a simple experience seem much more fanciful.

The feelings she has towards her companion make her more conscious of every detail surrounding the situation, the weather, the snow, the sky, the stars, the words shared and even the distance from home. The narrator creates an illusion of the experience, she sees the situation as a magical, as she is describing the events, she adds these enchanted details that rise and maintain her feelings.  

11-32. the main character in the parable, the forgiving father, whose character remains constant throughout the story, is a picture of god. in telling the story, jesus identifies himself with god in his loving attitude to the lost. the younger son symbolizes the lost (the tax collectors and sinners of that day, luke 15: 1), and the elder brother represents the self-righteous (the pharisees and teachers of the law of that day, luke 15: 2). the major theme of this parable seems not to be so much the conversion of the sinner, as in the previous two parables of luke 15, but rather the restoration of a believer into fellowship with the father. in the first two parables, the owner went out to look for what was lost (luke 15: 1-10), whereas in this story the father waits and watches eagerly for his son's return. we see a progression through the three parables from the relationship of one in a hundred (luke 15: 1-7), to one in ten (luke 15: 8-10), to one in one (luke 15: 11-32), demonstrating god’s love for each individual and his personal attentiveness towards all humanity. we see in this story the graciousness of the father overshadowing the sinfulness of the son, as it is the memory of the father’s goodness that brings the prodigal son to repentance (romans 2: 4).