Which of the following is a compound sentence? a. erin and maria are going to the mall, and john is going to the movies b. anywhere you want to go, we will follow c. do you want to go out to dinner? d. after the rain stopped, the girls decided to go to the park

in the quotation from passage, connie willis states that literature is a way for authors from the past to communicate with readers of today. we can read their stories, books, and other texts to learn lessons about life. willis refers to these lessons as messages “from beyond the grave.” willis has a favorable viewpoint about the timelessness of literature.