| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Spirit of the Border by Zane Grey: to a wooden bar which lay on the floor. Escape was easy, for the door was
before him and the Shawnee behind, but Joe did not flee! He seized the bar and
rushed at the Indian. Then began a duel in which the savage's quickness and
cunning matched the white man's strength and fury. Silvertip dodged the
vicious swings Joe aimed at him; he parried many blows, any one of which would
have crushed his skull. Nimble as a cat, he avoided every rush, while his dark
eyes watched for an opening. He fought wholly on the defensive, craftily
reserving his strength until his opponent should tire.
At last, catching the bar on his hatchet, he broke the force of the blow, and
then, with agile movement, dropped to the ground and grappled Joe's legs. Long
before this he had drawn his knife, and now he used it, plunging the blade
The Spirit of the Border |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Animal Farm by George Orwell: manifestly cleverer than the other animals, should decide all questions of
farm policy, though their decisions had to be ratified by a majority vote.
This arrangement would have worked well enough if it had not been for the
disputes between Snowball and Napoleon. These two disagreed at every point
where disagreement was possible. If one of them suggested sowing a bigger
acreage with barley, the other was certain to demand a bigger acreage of
oats, and if one of them said that such and such a field was just right
for cabbages, the other would declare that it was useless for anything
except roots. Each had his own following, and there were some violent
debates. At the Meetings Snowball often won over the majority by his
brilliant speeches, but Napoleon was better at canvassing support for
Animal Farm |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Master and Man by Leo Tolstoy: crows, that means, "Get up!" The cat licks herself--that
means, "A welcome guest is coming. Get ready to receive him!"'
said the lad with a smile.
Petrushka could read and write and knew Paulson's primer, his
only book, almost by heart, and he was fond of quoting sayings
from it that he thought suited the occasion, especially when he
had had something to drink, as to-day.
'That's so,' said Nikita.
'You must be chilled through and through,' said Petrushka.
'Yes, I am rather,' said Nikita, and they went across the yard
and the passage into the house.
Master and Man |
