| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Master of the World by Jules Verne: panthers, beasts which may still be found in the wild gorges and
mighty forests of the Alleghanies.
Mr. Smith was himself a rich land-owner, possessing several farms in
the neighborhood. Even his most distant tenants received frequent
visits from him. Indeed, whenever his official duties did not keep
him in his so-called home at Morganton, he was exploring the
surrounding country, irresistibly drawn by the instincts of the
hunter.
I went at once to the house of Mr. Smith. He was expecting me, having
been warned by telegram. He received me very frankly, without any
formality, his pipe in his mouth, a glass of brandy on the table. A
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy: reverse of Henchard's, who might not inaptly be described as
Faust has been described--as a vehement gloomy being who had
quitted the ways of vulgar men without light to guide him on
a better way.
Farfrae duly received the request to discontinue attentions
to Elizabeth-Jane. His acts of that kind had been so slight
that the request was almost superfluous. Yet he had felt a
considerable interest in her, and after some cogitation he
decided that it would be as well to enact no Romeo part just
then--for the young girl's sake no less than his own. Thus
the incipient attachment was stifled down.
The Mayor of Casterbridge |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Virginian by Owen Wister: said.
He gave a hilarious chuckle. "No, Em'ly knows nothing o' them
joys. So yu' have no notion about her? Well, I've got one. I
reckon maybe she was hatched after a big thunderstorm."
"In a big thunderstorm!" I exclaimed.
"Yes. Don't yu' know about them, and what they'll do to aiggs? A
big case o' lightnin' and thunder will addle aiggs and keep 'em
from hatchin'. And I expect one came along, and all the other
aiggs of Em'ly's set didn't hatch out, but got plumb addled, and
she happened not to get addled that far, and so she just managed
to make it through. But she cert'nly ain't got a strong haid.""I
The Virginian |
