| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Youth by Joseph Conrad: jumped, tugged at the painters, ran at each other play-
fully, knocked their sides together, or, do what we would,
swung in a bunch against the ship's side. I couldn't
stand it any longer, and swarming up a rope, clambered
aboard over the stern.
"It was as bright as day. Coming up like this, the
sheet of fire facing me, was a terrifying sight, and the
heat seemed hardly bearable at first. On a settee cushion
dragged out of the cabin, Captain Beard, with his legs
drawn up and one arm under his head, slept with the light
playing on him. Do you know what the rest were busy
Youth |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas: have mattered so very much.
Yet Van Baerle made such progress in the noble science of
growing tulips, which he seemed to master with the true
instinct of genius, that Boxtel at last was maddened to such
a degree as to think of throwing stones and sticks into the
flower-stands of his neighbour. But, remembering that he
would be sure to be found out, and that he would not only be
punished by law, but also dishonoured for ever in the face
of all the tulip-growers of Europe, he had recourse to
stratagem, and, to gratify his hatred, tried to devise a
plan by means of which he might gain his ends without being
The Black Tulip |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Desert Gold by Zane Grey: very different without the long gray cloaks and veils. Belding
saw distinction and elegance. Mr. Gale seemed a grave, troubled,
kindly person, ill in body and mind. Belding received the same
impression of power that Ben Chase had given him, only here it
was minus any harshness or hard quality. He gathered that Mr. Gale
was a man of authority. Mrs. Gale rather frightened Belding, but
he could not have told why. The girl was just like Dick as he used
to be.
Their manner of speaking also reminded Belding of Dick. They
talked of the ride from Ash Fork down to the border, of the
ugly and torn-up Casita, of the heat and dust and cactus along
Desert Gold |
