Review the detail. in the essay "say no to budget cuts," author joshua yates explains that his local community is suffering from budget cuts, and plans to cut funding to the local library. which describes joshua's counterclaim? tomlinson explained that with less money available, the library will not be able to purchase as many new books and other materials. support full funding for our library so that it can continue to offer the important services and programs that benefit all of the residents of our community. instead of reducing the budget for the library, the mayor could delay for one year the proposed changes to the city's recycling program. when you add up all the ways the library people, you will realize that almost everyone in our community uses and needs the library.

Support full funding for our library so that it can continue to offer the important services and programs that benefit all of the residents of our community. This statement describes Joshua's counterclaim. She wants the community to see the importance of the library . The library is a place that offers a lot of activities for the local community and these are really important. If the library suffers,  the people will also suffer.

-Tomlinson explained that with less money available, the library will not be able to purchase as many new books and other materials. This is some evidence Yates uses in her essay.

-Instead of reducing the budget for the library, the mayor could delay for one year the proposed changes to the city's recycling program. Yates gives the mayor some advice.

-When you add up all the ways the library helps people, you will realize that almost everyone in our community uses and needs the library. This is Yates' conclusion. This reinforces her counterclaim: the importance the library has for the local community.

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).