| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Foolish Virgin by Thomas Dixon: firmly declared.
"All right, little bright eyes," he responded
cheerfully as he lit a cigarette and sent the smoke
curling above his red head.
She sat for a while in silence, studying the man
before her. The task was delicate and difficult. And
she had thought it a mere pastime of love! As her
fiance, he had been wax in her hands. As her husband,
he was a lazy, headstrong, obstinate young animal
grinning good-naturedly at her futile protests. How
long would he grin and bear her suggestions with
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Animal Farm by George Orwell: 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
himself in between times. He was especially successful with the sheep. Of
late the sheep had taken to bleating "Four legs good, two legs bad" both
in and out of season, and they often interrupted the Meeting with this. It
was noticed that they were especially liable to break into "Four legs
good, two legs bad" at crucial moments in Snowball's speeches. Snowball
had made a close study of some back numbers of the 'Farmer and
Animal Farm |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Dynamiter by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Van De Grift Stevenson: creeps with physical repulsion; my soul revolts against the
sight of you.'
Zero burst into tears. 'Alas!' he sobbed, 'this snaps the
last link that bound me to humanity. My friend disowns - he
insults me. I am indeed accurst.'
Somerset stood for an instant staggered by this sudden change
of front. The next moment, with a despairing gesture, he
fled from the room and from the house. The first dash of his
escape carried him hard upon half-way to the next police-
office: but presently began to droop; and before he reached
the house of lawful intervention, he fell once more among
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