| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells: It was at its full, and very bright riding through the empty blue sky.
The shadow of the wall lay, a yard wide and of inky blackness, at my feet.
The eastward sea was a featureless grey, dark and mysterious;
and between the sea and the shadow the grey sands (of volcanic
glass and crystals) flashed and shone like a beach of diamonds.
Behind me the paraffine lamp flared hot and ruddy.
Then I shut the door, locked it, and went into the enclosure where
Moreau lay beside his latest victims,--the staghounds and the llama
and some other wretched brutes,--with his massive face calm even
after his terrible death, and with the hard eyes open, staring at
the dead white moon above. I sat down upon the edge of the sink,
The Island of Doctor Moreau |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery: "Well, I don't mind doing that," agreed Diana, relieved.
"How do you do it?"
"We must join hands--so," said Anne gravely. "It ought
to be over running water. We'll just imagine this path is
running water. I'll repeat the oath first. I solemnly swear
to be faithful to my bosom friend, Diana Barry, as long as the
sun and moon shall endure. Now you say it and put my name in."
Diana repeated the "oath" with a laugh fore and aft. Then
she said:
"You're a queer girl, Anne. I heard before that you were
queer. But I believe I'm going to like you real well."
Anne of Green Gables |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy: indeed--I would do anything to be independent; for then
perhaps my father might get to love me. But, ah!"
"What?"
"I am no accomplished person. And a companion to you must
be that."
"O, not necessarily."
"Not? But I can't help using rural words sometimes, when I
don't mean to."
"Never mind, I shall like to know them."
"And--O, I know I shan't do!"--she cried with a distressful
laugh. "I accidentally learned to write round hand instead
The Mayor of Casterbridge |
