Read the sentence from "uses and abuses of the umbrella."

for a wet umbrella is an accident, a barbarism, a spelling mistake that must be spread open in a corner until it is fully corrected and has become a true umbrella once again.

how does the narrator's voice affect the meaning of the text?

a) the voice sounds like a gloomy person who hates rain. this voice highlights the idea that the narrator hates to use umbrellas in the rain.

b) the voice sounds like a fussy person who hates messes. this voice highlights the absurdity of thinking that there is something wrong about a wet umbrella.

c) the voice sounds like an ignorant person who uses the phrase "spelling mistake" for no reason. this voice highlights the fact that the narrator is wrong about umbrellas.

d) the voice sounds like someone who is cheery and loves a rain shower.

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explanation:

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).

in the story "marionettes inc," in the last line of the story, braling two is referred to by the narrator as the "someone." what does this new identifier imply and how does it add to the drama of the closing scene?