The secretary
of
state
whose
appointed
by
the
president
of
the
United
States
is
the
country's
chief
adviser
on
foreign
affairs

a,b,d are the three sentences that use a reflexive pronoun

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.