Claim: The city should reduce the rate of subways and buses from $2.25 per ride to $1.25 per ride.
Which is an effective counterclaim to this claim?
The current price of public transportation is
necessary for paying workers and maintaining safe
equipment
If public transportation were less expensive, more
people would be able to utilize it on a daily basis.
O The cost of public transportation at the current rate
can really add up for a person who travels to work
every day
A person who chooses to use public transportation
has several options, including buying a thirty-day
pass

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).

the narrator closes the lantern tightly so the old man is

not awakened by the bright light

explanation:

the knight would die while giong on a quest.