| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Schoolmistress and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov: carriages of the passenger train the passengers can be seen
moving to and fro, and a red-haired, red-faced gendarme walking
up and down; a waiter in a frock-coat and a snow-white
shirt-front, looking cold and sleepy, and probably very much
dissatisfied with his fate, is running along the platform
carrying a glass of tea and two rusks on a tray.
The old man gets up and begins saying his prayers towards the
east. Yasha, having finished with the bullock and put down the
spade in the corner, stands beside him and says his prayers also.
He merely moves his lips and crosses himself; the father prays
in a loud whisper and pronounces the end of each prayer aloud and
The Schoolmistress and Other Stories |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: As she drew near the path that led down through the bare trees into
the creek bottom where the Shantytown settlement was, she clucked
to the horse to quicken his speed. She always felt uneasy driving
past this dirty, sordid cluster of discarded army tents and slave
cabins. It had the worst reputation of any spot in or near
Atlanta, for here lived in filth outcast negroes, black prostitutes
and a scattering of poor whites of the lowest order. It was
rumored to be the refuge of negro and white criminals and was the
first place the Yankee soldiers searched when they wanted a man.
Shootings and cuttings went on here with such regularity that the
authorities seldom troubled to investigate and generally left the
Gone With the Wind |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from 1492 by Mary Johntson: ``In fair trodden highways--never in thick forest and
mere fog!'' he answered. ``Now if you were like one who
has been here and is now before Granada, at Santa Fe, sent
for thither by the Queen! That one hath indeed studied to
benefit Spain--Spain, Christendom, and the world!''
I asked who was that great one, but before he could tell
me came interruption. A visitor entered, a strong-lipped,
bold-eyed man named Martin Pinzon. I was to meet him
again and often, but at this time I did not know that. Fray
Juan Perez evidently desiring that I should go, I thought
it right to oblige him who would have done me kindness
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