| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: her not to bother her sweet pretty little head about business
matters. It had come as a surprise to him that she even knew what
a mortgage was and, at first, he was amused. But this amusement
quickly passed and a sense of shock took its place in the early
days of their marriage. Once, incautiously, he had told her that
"people" (he was careful not to mention names) owed him money but
could not pay just now and he was, of course, unwilling to press
old friends and gentlefolk. Frank regretted ever mentioning it
for, thereafter, she had questioned him about it again and again.
She had the most charmingly childlike air but she was just curious,
she said, to know who owed him and how much they owed. Frank was
 Gone With the Wind |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Rescue by Joseph Conrad: "The course is south by east when you get the wind, serang," said
Shaw, distinctly.
"Sou' by eas'," repeated the elderly Malay with grave
earnestness.
"Let me know when she begins to steer," added Lingard.
"Ya, Tuan," answered the man, glancing rapidly at the sky. "Wind
coming," he muttered.
"I think so, too," whispered Lingard as if to himself.
The shadows were gathering rapidly round the brig. A mulatto put
his head out of the companion and called out:
"Ready, sir."
 The Rescue |