| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe: countrymen, and consequently friends, was such as I cannot
describe; but yet I had some secret doubts hung about me - I cannot
tell from whence they came - bidding me keep upon my guard. In the
first place, it occurred to me to consider what business an English
ship could have in that part of the world, since it was not the way
to or from any part of the world where the English had any traffic;
and I knew there had been no storms to drive them in there in
distress; and that if they were really English it was most probable
that they were here upon no good design; and that I had better
continue as I was than fall into the hands of thieves and
murderers.
Robinson Crusoe |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane: darted at the elevated station stairs and the horse cars were
thronged with owners of bundles.
The pace of the forlorn woman was slow. She was apparently
searching for some one. She loitered near the doors of saloons and
watched men emerge from them. She scanned furtively the faces in
the rushing stream of pedestrians. Hurrying men, bent on catching
some boat or train, jostled her elbows, failing to notice her,
their thoughts fixed on distant dinners.
The forlorn woman had a peculiar face. Her smile was no
smile. But when in repose her features had a shadowy look that was
like a sardonic grin, as if some one had sketched with cruel
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates: "Oh, they will understand why they were given tickets."
"Suppose you write that letter," said Daphne wearily.
I bent over the writing-block.
"You know," said Berry, " I don't think this bath's at all
necessary."
At this there was a great uproar. At length:
"Besides," said my sister, "we all decided that we must have
another bath ages ago. The only question there's ever been was
where to put it."
"Of course," said I. "If we don't, where are we going to dip the
sheep?"
The Brother of Daphne |
