| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Pool of Blood in the Pastor's Study by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: weakness nor fatigue, in spite of his frail body. Once put on
a case his mind delves and delves until it finds a clue, then
something awakes within him, a spirit akin to that which holds
the bloodhound nose to trail, and he will accomplish the apparently
impossible, he will track down his victim when the entire machinery
of a great police department seems helpless to discover anything.
The high chiefs and commissioners grant a condescending permission
when Muller asks, "May I do this? ... or may I handle this case
this way?" both parties knowing all the while that it is a farce,
and that the department waits helpless until this humble little
man saves its honour by solving some problem before which its
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane: bate the question of his piece being loaded. Be-
fore he was ready to begin--before he had an-
nounced to himself that he was about to fight--
he threw the obedient, well-balanced rifle into
position and fired a first wild shot. Directly he
was working at his weapon like an automatic
affair.
He suddenly lost concern for himself, and for-
got to look at a menacing fate. He became not a
man but a member. He felt that something of
which he was a part--a regiment, an army, a
The Red Badge of Courage |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Desert Gold by Zane Grey: season, near its end, and here a little river struggled hopelessly,
forlornly to live in the desert. He received a potent impression
of the nature of that blasted age-worn waste which he had divined
was to give him strength and work and love.
V
A Desert Rose
Belding assigned Dick to a little room which had no windows but
two doors, one opening into the patio, the other into the yard on
the west side of the house. It contained only the barest necessities
for comfort. Dick mentioned the baggage he had left in the hotel
at Casita, and it was Belding's opinion that to try to recover his
Desert Gold |
