| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy: afeard of nothing except Boney, or I shouldn't ha'
been the soldier I was. Yes, 'tis a thousand pities you
didn't see me in four!"
By this time the mummers were preparing to leave;
but Mrs. Yeobright stopped them by asking them to sit
down and have a little supper. To this invitation
Father Christmas, in the name of them all, readily agreed.
Eustacia was happy in the opportunity of staying a little longer.
The cold and frosty night without was doubly frigid to her.
But the lingering was not without its difficulties.
Mrs. Yeobright, for want of room in the larger apartment,
Return of the Native |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Tales of the Klondyke by Jack London: "Nothing I'd like better, Freda. You know that well enough." He
pressed her hand, palm to palm. She nodded. Could she wonder
that she despised the breed?
"But you see, I--I'm engaged. Of course you know that. And the
girl's coming into the country to marry me. Don't know what was
up with me when I asked her, but it was a long while back, and I
was all-fired young--"
"I want to go away, out of the land, anywhere," she went on,
disregarding the obstacle he had reared up and apologized for. "I
have been running over the men I know and reached the conclusion
that--that--"
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