| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Animal Farm by George Orwell: contrary, it is a deep and heavy responsibility. No one believes more
firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal. He would be only
too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you
might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be?
Suppose you had decided to follow Snowball, with his moonshine of
windmills--Snowball, who, as we now know, was no better than a criminal?"
"He fought bravely at the Battle of the Cowshed," said somebody.
"Bravery is not enough," said Squealer. "Loyalty and obedience are more
important. And as to the Battle of the Cowshed, I believe the time will
come when we shall find that Snowball's part in it was much exaggerated.
Discipline, comrades, iron discipline! That is the watchword for today.
Animal Farm |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Adventure by Jack London: theft had been effected gave him hurt. Yet he found consolation in
the fact that the task of making Oleson drunk had been turned over
to the three scoundrels. And next, and swiftly, came the vision of
her, alone with those same three scoundrels, on the Emily, sailing
out to sea from Guvutu in the twilight with darkness coming on.
Then came visions of Adamu Adam and Noa Noah and all her brawny
Tahitian following, and his anxiety faded away, being replaced by
irritation that she should have been capable of such wildness of
conduct.
And the irritation was still on him as he got up and went inside to
stare at the hook on the wall and to wish that her Stetson hat and
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: a lion in
his lair.
5 Him wandering at his own free will, Agni here hidden from
our view,
Him Matarisvan brought to us from far away produced by friction,
from
the Gods.
6 O Bearer of Oblations, thus mortals received thee from the
Gods,
Whilst thou, the Friend of man, guardest each sacrifice with
thine own
The Rig Veda |
