| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from O Pioneers! by Willa Cather: asleep.
Although it was only four o'clock, the winter
day was fading. The road led southwest, toward
the streak of pale, watery light that glimmered
in the leaden sky. The light fell upon the two
sad young faces that were turned mutely toward
it: upon the eyes of the girl, who seemed to be
looking with such anguished perplexity into
the future; upon the sombre eyes of the boy,
who seemed already to be looking into the past.
O Pioneers! |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence: then, he had one ear set backwards, listening to the storm over the
wood. It made him feel so alone.
'But won't it ever come to an end?' she said.
'Ay, it will. It'll achieve its own salvation. When the last real man
is killed, and they're ALL tame: white, black, yellow, all colours of
tame ones: then they'll ALL be insane. Because the root of sanity is in
the balls. Then they'll all be INSANE, and they'll make their grand
~auto da fe. You know AUTO DA FE means act of faith? Ay, well, they'll
make their own grand little act of faith. They'll offer one another
up.'
'You mean kill one another?'
Lady Chatterley's Lover |
