| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Moon-Face and Other Stories by Jack London: other's body. The smoke in the hole was clearing. The stranger, lying on his
back, was beginning to see dimly. But suddenly he was blinded by a handful of
dirt deliberately flung into his eyes by his antagonist. In that moment of
shock his grip on the revolver was broken. In the next moment he felt a
smashing darkness descend upon his brain, and in the midst of the darkness
even the darkness ceased.
But the pocket-miner fired again and again, until the revolver was empty. Then
he tossed it from him and, breathing heavily, sat down on the dead man's legs.
The miner was sobbing and struggling for breath. "Measly skunk!" he panted;
"a-campin' on my trail an' lettin' me do the work, an' then shootin' me in the
back!"
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Oakdale Affair by Edgar Rice Burroughs: wood to the fire and scrubbing a portion of the top plate
as clean as he could get it with such crude means as he
could discover about the place.
The youth he sent to the nearby brook for water after
selecting the least dirty of the several empty tin cans
lying about the floor of the summer kitchen. He warned
against the use of the water from the old well and while
the boy was away cut a generous portion of the bacon
into long, thin strips.
Shortly after, the water coming to the boil, Bridge
lowered three eggs into it, glanced at his watch, greased
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