| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn: and was again driven away, only to come back a third time. Then the nephew
chased it into the garden, and across the garden, through an open gate,
into the cemetery of the neighboring temple. But it continued to flutter
before him as if unwilling to be driven further, and acted so queerly that
he began to wonder whether it was really a butterfly, or a ma [16]. He
again chased it, and followed it far into the cemetery, until he saw it fly
against a tomb,-- a woman's tomb. There it unaccountably disappeared; and
he searched for it in vain. He then examined the monument. It bore the
personal name "Akiko," (3) together with an unfamiliar family name, and an
inscription stating that Akiko had died at the age of eighteen. Apparently
the tomb had been erected about fifty years previously: moss had begun to
Kwaidan |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen: at once, propose going away, and be guided in her conduct
by the manner in which her proposal might be taken.
Aware that if she gave herself much time, she might
feel it difficult to bring forward so unpleasant
a subject, she took the first opportunity of being
suddenly alone with Eleanor, and of Eleanor's being
in the middle of a speech about something very different,
to start forth her obligation of going away very soon.
Eleanor looked and declared herself much concerned.
She had "hoped for the pleasure of her company for a much
longer time--had been misled (perhaps by her wishes)
Northanger Abbey |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela: when they reach their quarters.
With a curious eagerness Luis Cervantes does not trans-
mit the order but undertakes the task in person.
Two hours later when the city square was black with
smoke and enormous tongues of fire rose from Monico's
house, no one could account for the strange behavior of
the general.
VI
They established themselves in a large gloomy house,
which likewise belonged to the cacique of Moyahua. The
previous occupants had already left strong evidences in
The Underdogs |
