| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane: feller, ain't I? An' it ain't much t' ask, is it? Jest
t' pull me along outer th' road? I 'd do it fer you,
Wouldn't I, Henry?"
He paused in piteous anxiety to await his
friend's reply.
The youth had reached an anguish where the
sobs scorched him. He strove to express his
loyalty, but he could only make fantastic gestures.
However, the tall soldier seemed suddenly to
forget all those fears. He became again the
grim, stalking specter of a soldier. He went
The Red Badge of Courage |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Two Noble Kinsmen by William Shakespeare: 2. QUEEN.
Honoured Hypolita,
Most dreaded Amazonian, that hast slaine
The Sith-tuskd Bore; that with thy Arme as strong
As it is white, wast neere to make the male
To thy Sex captive, but that this thy Lord,
Borne to uphold Creation in that honour
First nature stilde it in, shrunke thee into
The bownd thou wast ore-flowing, at once subduing
Thy force, and thy affection: Soldiresse
That equally canst poize sternenes with pitty,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum: and cannot love. I pray you to give me a heart that I may be as
other men are."
"Why should I do this?" demanded the Beast.
"Because I ask it, and you alone can grant my request,"
answered the Woodman.
Oz gave a low growl at this, but said, gruffly: "If you indeed
desire a heart, you must earn it."
"How?" asked the Woodman.
"Help Dorothy to kill the Wicked Witch of the West," replied
the Beast. "When the Witch is dead, come to me, and I will then
give you the biggest and kindest and most loving heart in all the
The Wizard of Oz |
