| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank Baum: "Nothing can save the Land of Oz!" thought the First and Foremost,
scowling until his bear face was as black as the tunnel.
"The Emerald City is as good as destroyed already!" muttered the Grand
Gallipoot, shaking his war club fiercely.
"In a few hours Oz will be a desert!" said the Chief of the Whimsies,
with an evil laugh.
"My dear Guph," remarked the Nome King to his General, "at last my
vengeance upon Ozma of Oz and her people is about to be accomplished."
"You are right!" declared the General. "Ozma is surely lost."
And now the First and Foremost, who was in advance and nearing the
Emerald City, began to cough and to sneeze.
The Emerald City of Oz |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: before, were now grizzled.
She thanked God tiredly that she had cried all her tears the night
before, so now she could stand erect and dry eyed. The sound of
Suellen's tears, just back of her shoulder, irritated her
unbearably and she had to clench her fists to keep from turning and
slapping the swollen face. Sue had been the cause of her father's
death, whether she intended it or not, and she should have the
decency to control herself in front of the hostile neighbors. Not
a single person had spoken to her that morning or given her one
look of sympathy. They had kissed Scarlett quietly, shaken her
hand, murmured kind words to Carreen and even to Pork but had
Gone With the Wind |
