| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum: girls with knitting-needles, who have enslaved all the men, robbed the
streets and public buildings of all their emerald jewels, and usurped my
throne."
"I know it," said Glinda.
"They also threatened to destroy me, as well as all the good friends and
allies you see before you," continued the Scarecrow. "and had we not managed
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to escape their clutches our days would long since have ended."
"I know it," repeated Glinda.
"Therefore I have come to beg your assistance," resumed the Scarecrow, "for
I believe you are always glad to succor the unfortunate and oppressed."
The Marvelous Land of Oz |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Animal Farm by George Orwell: on a perch behind the back door. When Major saw that they had all made
themselves comfortable and were waiting attentively, he cleared his throat
and began:
"Comrades, you have heard already about the strange dream that I had last
night. But I will come to the dream later. I have something else to say
first. I do not think, comrades, that I shall be with you for many months
longer, and before I die, I feel it my duty to pass on to you such wisdom
as I have acquired. I have had a long life, I have had much time for
thought as I lay alone in my stall, and I think I may say that I
understand the nature of life on this earth as well as any animal now
living. It is about this that I wish to speak to you.
Animal Farm |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott: day he often seemed to have done the work of two men, and his
building soon assumed the appearance of the walls of a hut,
which, though very small, and constructed only of stones and
turf, without any mortar, exhibited, from the unusual size of the
stones employed, an appearance of solidity very uncommon for a
cottage of such narrow dimensions and rude construction.
Earnscliff; attentive to his motions, no sooner perceived to what
they tended, than he sent down a number of spars of wood suitable
for forming the roof, which he caused to be left in the
neighbourhood of the spot, resolving next day to send workmen to
put them up. But his purpose was anticipated, for in the
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