| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Adam Bede by George Eliot: hardship mingled with the dread of shame; for Hetty had the
luxurious nature of a round soft-coated pet animal.
How she yearned to be back in her safe home again, cherished and
cared for as she had always been! Her aunt's scolding about
trifles would have been music to her ears now; she longed for it;
she used to hear it in a time when she had only trifles to hide.
Could she be the same Hetty that used to make up the butter in the
dairy with the Guelder roses peeping in at the window--she, a
runaway whom her friends would not open their doors to again,
lying in this strange bed, with the knowledge that she had no
money to pay for what she received, and must offer those strangers
Adam Bede |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens: on the liberty of Joe, and having snipped off a Flemish ell in the
matter of the parole, grew so despotic and so great, that his
thirst for conquest knew no bounds. The more young Joe submitted,
the more absolute old John became. The ell soon faded into
nothing. Yards, furlongs, miles arose; and on went old John in the
pleasantest manner possible, trimming off an exuberance in this
place, shearing away some liberty of speech or action in that, and
conducting himself in his small way with as much high mightiness
and majesty, as the most glorious tyrant that ever had his statue
reared in the public ways, of ancient or of modern times.
As great men are urged on to the abuse of power (when they need
Barnaby Rudge |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Off on a Comet by Jules Verne: and his comrades, solicited a formal interview with the officers.
The request having been granted, Pim, with the nine soldiers,
all punctiliously wearing the regimental tunic of scarlet and trousers
of invisible green, presented themselves at the door of the colonel's room,
where he and his brother-officer were continuing their game.
Raising his hand respectfully to his cap, which he wore poised jauntily
over his right ear, and scarcely held on by the strap below his under lip,
the corporal waited permission to speak.
After a lingering survey of the chess-board, the colonel slowly
lifted his eyes, and said with official dignity, "Well, men,
what is it?"
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