| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Chance by Joseph Conrad: weeks. No doubt we two should find many things to talk about by
ourselves in reference to our common calling, added little Fyne
portentously in his grave undertones, as if the Mercantile Marine
were a secret society.
You must understand that I cultivated the Fynes only in the country,
in their holiday time. This was the third year. Of their existence
in town I knew no more than may be inferred from analogy. I played
chess with Fyne in the late afternoon, and sometimes came over to
the cottage early enough to have tea with the whole family at a big
round table. They sat about it, an unsmiling, sunburnt company of
very few words indeed. Even the children were silent and as if
Chance |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Animal Farm by George Orwell: tried to puzzle out the Seven Commandments which were inscribed there.
Finding herself unable to read more than individual letters, she fetched
Muriel.
"Muriel," she said, "read me the Fourth Commandment. Does it not say
something about never sleeping in a bed?"
With some difficulty Muriel spelt it out.
"It says, 'No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets,"' she announced
finally.
Curiously enough, Clover had not remembered that the Fourth Commandment
mentioned sheets; but as it was there on the wall, it must have done so.
And Squealer, who happened to be passing at this moment, attended by two
Animal Farm |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: Mr. Bennet, in equal silence, was enjoying the scene. Mr.
Bingley and Jane were standing together, a little detached from
the rest, and talked only to each other. Elizabeth preserved as
steady a silence as either Mrs. Hurst or Miss Bingley; and even
Lydia was too much fatigued to utter more than the occasional
exclamation of "Lord, how tired I am!" accompanied by a
violent yawn.
When at length they arose to take leave, Mrs. Bennet was most
pressingly civil in her hope of seeing the whole family soon at
Longbourn, and addressed herself especially to Mr. Bingley, to
assure him how happy he would make them by eating a family
Pride and Prejudice |
