| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from My Antonia by Willa Cather: father had lived.'
The Harlings begged us to tell them about Mr. Shimerda's death
and the big snowstorm. By the time we saw grandfather coming
home from church, we had told them pretty much all we knew
of the Shimerdas.
`The girl will be happy here, and she'll forget those things,'
said Mrs. Harling confidently, as we rose to take our leave.
III
ON SATURDAY AMBROSCH drove up to the back gate, and Antonia jumped
down from the wagon and ran into our kitchen just as she used to do.
She was wearing shoes and stockings, and was breathless and excited.
My Antonia |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Desert Gold by Zane Grey: good....After dark the four of you, Laddy, Jim, Dick, and Thorne,
will take Mercedes and my best white horses, and, with Yaqui as
guide, circle round through Altar Valley to the trail, and head
for Yuma....Wait now, Laddy. Let me finish. I want you to take
the white horses for two reasons--to save them and to save you.
Savvy? If Rojas should follow on my horses he'd be likely to
catch you. Also, you can pack a great deal more than on the
bronchs. Also, the big horses can travel faster and farther on
little grass and water. I want you to take the Indian, because
in a case of this kind he'll be a godsend. If you get headed or
lost or have to circle off the trail, think what it 'd mean to have
Desert Gold |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Personal Record by Joseph Conrad: venture into the very jaws of the lion, so to speak, a dog (it is
mighty strange that there was but one), a creature quite as
formidable under the circumstances as a lion, began to bark on
the other side of the fence. . . .
At this stage of the narrative, which I heard many times (by
request) from the lips of Captain Nicholas B.'s sister-in-law, my
grandmother, I used to tremble with excitement.
The dog barked. And if he had done no more than bark, three
officers of the Great Napoleon's army would have perished
honourably on the points of Cossacks' lances, or perchance
escaping the chase would have died decently of starvation. But
A Personal Record |
