Which of the following sentences from "the balek scales" does not support the story's theme of oppression and inequality?
"for five generations they had been breathing
m the dust which rose from the crushed flax
stalks letting themselves be killed off by slow
degrees, a race of long-suffering, cheerful people
who ate goat cheese, potatoes, and now and then
a '
"durmg the day they would carry the flax
stalks to the antiquated machmes, with no
protection from the dust and at the mercy from
the heat which came pourmg out of the drymg
'each cottage contained only one bed,
standmg against the wall like a closet and
reserced for the parents, while the children slept
all round the room on benches. "
"the children would crawl deep into the green
darkness of the forest during the autumn when
dampness drove the mushrooms out of the soil,
and almost every family had its places
where it gathered mushrooms, places which were
handed do-em m whispers from generation to
generation. "

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).