Answer:
In this passage, Willis is expressing that literature is a message from the past telling us about the lives of those before us. We are told that these messages are trying to tell us how we live and how we die based on others experiences. Willis tries to explain this through a concerned, yet passionate tone that urges us, the readers, to learn from the mistakes and the fortunes of the lives of people before us. We can only do this through literature, as it is the gateway to seeing how the world works.
Answer:
The best way to do it is to tell the person that you see where they are coming from.
Explanation:
If you start with "youre wrong" then the other person will block you out and not even listen to what you have to say. if you start with "I get what you're saying, I just think that..." then the person will listen because they don't feel the need to be defensive. This could go for anything, like an argument over pineapple being on pizza to fixing your marriage
If I was trying to reduce my debt I would first cut unnecessary food expenses.