| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: and to his armament. His teeth, while strong and sharp, were,
as weapons of offense, pitifully inadequate by comparison
with the mighty fighting fangs of the anthropoids.
By dancing about, just out of reach of an antagonist,
Tarzan could do infinite injury with his long,
sharp hunting knife, and at the same time escape
many of the painful and dangerous wounds which would
be sure to follow his falling into the clutches of a bull ape.
And so Taug charged and bellowed like a bull, and Tarzan
of the Apes danced lightly to this side and that,
hurling jungle billingsgate at his foe, the while he
The Jungle Tales of Tarzan |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Almayer's Folly by Joseph Conrad: through the now silent crowd. Mahmat, dripping wet, turned to
Almayer, eager to tell his tale.
In the first moment of reaction from the anguish of his fear the
sunshine seemed to waver before Almayer's eyes, and he listened
to words spoken around him without comprehending their meaning.
When, by a strong effort of will, he regained the possession of
his senses, Mahmat was saying--
"That is the way, Tuan. His sarong was caught in the broken
branch, and he hung with his head under water. When I saw what
it was I did not want it here. I wanted it to get clear and
drift away. Why should we bury a stranger in the midst of our
Almayer's Folly |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Dunwich Horror by H. P. Lovecraft: menaces to man's existence that he had uncovered.
On the morning
of September fourth Professor Rice and Dr Morgan insisted on seeing
him for a while, and departed trembling and ashen-grey. That evening
he went to bed, but slept only fitfully. Wednesday - the next
day - he was back at the manuscript, and began to take copious
notes both from the current sections and from those he had already
deciphered. In the small hours of that night he slept a little
in a easy chair in his office, but was at the manuscript again
before dawn. Some time before noon his physician, Dr Hartwell,
called to see him and insisted that he cease work. He refused;
The Dunwich Horror |
