Read this excerpt from vachel lindsay’s “in praise of johnny appleseed.” self-scourged, like a monk, with a throne for wages, stripped like the iron-souled hindu sages, draped like a statue, in strings like a scarecrow, his helmet-hat an old tin pan, but worn in the love of the heart of man. the author most likely uses the allusions in this excerpt to

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.