Read the excerpt from the passage. i always love doing this event, but this is a particularly impressive class. we've got innovators and artists. public servants, rabble rousers, athletes, renowned character actors—like the guy from space jam. we pay tribute to those distinguished individuals with our nation's highest civilian honor—the presidential medal of freedom. . which two ideas do these sentences reveal about the author's point of view? the author hopes to inspire citizens to pursue high distinction in their work. the author thinks the people he is talking about merit the honor they will receive. the author cares about how the audience perceives his speaking ability. the author admires people who have done things to promote the public good. the author believes some careers are simply more praiseworthy than others.

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).