Which is the best way to combine the sentences to form one sentence with a compound predicate? my uncle visited oregon. he brought me a souvenir. a. my uncle visited oregon, and he brought me a souvenir. b. my uncle visited oregon, he brought me a souvenir. c. my uncle visited oregon and brought me a souvenir.

i would say c, admiration because the narrator related to the main character and she, too, once felt ashamed about her culture and wished to be an american girl to impress a boy. she felt admiration because her mom prepared her favorite foods when her and robert's (the guy she liked) family all came together and had a family reunion.