Craft and Structure: What is the writer's point of view regarding Weaver's choice
to read the Cliffs Notes rather than the actual novel? How do you know?

The writer was satirical of Weaver's choice to read the Cliffs Notes rather than the actual novel, and implied that she was lazy in doing so.

I know this because the writer was also critical in the article, and attempted to showcase how a lack of competence can come with taking the shortcut with a task that deserves an actual attempt.

Explanation:

The Onion's article, "Girl Moved to Tears by Of Mice and Men Cliffs Notes" explains the reaction and reasoning behind Grace Weaver and her choice to read the Cliffs Notes version of Of Mice and Men over the original novel.

The writer was satirical of Weaver's choice in reading the Cliff Notes by emphasising the literary relevance of the book and how short it was, evidenced by the lines "the most skillful example of American naturalism under 110 pages" and "Weaver's choice to read the Cliffs Notes instead of the pocket-sized novel", which made Weaver's choice to appear all the more incompetent.

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 sun warms our planet, and with the moon, creates the tides. the moon orbits the earth and in turn, the earth orbits the sun. because they appear to be the same size in the sky, the sun, earth and moon work together to create eclipses. when the moon is directly in between the earth and sun