| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from When the Sleeper Wakes by H. G. Wells: It was his constant surprise to find that points that
one might have expected to strike vividly at the very
outset never occurred to him until some trivial detail
suddenly shaped as a riddle and pointed to the obvious
thing he had overlooked. In this matter, for instance,
it had not occurred to him that this continuity of the
city, this exclusion of weather, these vast halls and
ways, involved the disappearance of the household;
that the typical Victorian "home," the little brick cell
containing kitchen and scullery, living rooms and
bedrooms, had, save for the ruins that diversified the
When the Sleeper Wakes |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Pocket Diary Found in the Snow by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: dogs here?" he asked.
"I didn't hear any yesterday."
"That's of no value. You didn't seem to hear much of anything
yesterday." Muller opened the door of the cab and helped Berner
out. The old man was trembling. "That was a dreadful drive!"
he stammered.
"I hope you will be happier on the drive back," said the detective
and added, "You stay here with the commissioner now."
The latter had already left his cab with his companion. His sharp
eyes glanced over the heavily shaded garden and the little house in
its midst. A little light shone from two windows of the first story.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: It was his only heavy coat but Scarlett made no protest. She
seemed so much on the outside of this affair, this purely masculine
affair.
"But Tony--they need you at home. Surely, if you went back and
explained--"
"Frank, you've married a fool," said Tony with a grin, struggling
into the coat. "She thinks the Yankees will reward a man for
keeping niggers off his women folks. So they will, with a drumhead
court and a rope. Give me a kiss, Scarlett. Frank won't mind and
I may never see you again. Texas is a long way off. I won't dare
write, so let the home folks know I got this far in safety."
Gone With the Wind |
