| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Master Key by L. Frank Baum: postman dropped a letter into the box; there were bells, bells, bells
everywhere, ringing at the right time, the wrong time and all the
time. And there were telephones in the different rooms, too, through
which Rob could call up the different members of the family just when
they did not wish to be disturbed.
His mother and sisters soon came to vote the boy's scientific craze a
nuisance; but his father was delighted with these evidences of Rob's
skill as an electrician, and insisted that he be allowed perfect
freedom in carrying out his ideas.
"Electricity," said the old gentleman, sagely, "is destined to become
the motive power of the world. The future advance of civilization
The Master Key |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence: I read and I thought like a house on fire, for her. And I was a clerk
in Butterley offices, thin, white-faced fellow fuming with all the
things I read. And about EVERYTHING I talked to her: but everything. We
talked ourselves into Persepolis and Timbuctoo. We were the most
literary-cultured couple in ten counties. I held forth with rapture to
her, positively with rapture. I simply went up in smoke. And she adored
me. The serpent in the grass was sex. She somehow didn't have any; at
least, not where it's supposed to be. I got thinner and crazier. Then I
said we'd got to be lovers. I talked her into it, as usual. So she let
me. I was excited, and she never wanted it. She just didn't want it.
She adored me, she loved me to talk to her and kiss her: in that way
Lady Chatterley's Lover |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad: surprise at seeing him up yet.
"I don't feel very well," he muttered, passing his hands over his
moist brow.
"Giddiness?"
"Yes. Not at all well."
Mrs Verloc, with all the placidity of an experienced wife,
expressed a confident opinion as to the cause, and suggested the
usual remedies; but her husband, rooted in the middle of the room,
shook his lowered head sadly.
"You'll catch cold standing there," she observed.
Mr Verloc made an effort, finished undressing, and got into bed.
The Secret Agent |
