| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: so long ago, on her first visit to Aunt Pitty. There seemed to be
just as many vehicles wallowing in the mud holes as there had been
then, except that there were no Confederate ambulances, and just as
many horses and mules tethered to hitching racks in front of the
wooden awnings of the stores. Though the sidewalks were jammed,
the faces she saw were as unfamiliar as the signs overhead, new
people, many rough-looking men and tawdrily dressed women. The
streets were black with loafing negroes who leaned against walls or
sat on the curbing watching vehicles go past with the naive
curiosity of children at a circus parade.
"Free issue country niggers," snorted Mammy. "Ain' never seed a
Gone With the Wind |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Redheaded Outfield by Zane Grey: and Scott pitched to him as he had to the others
--high fast balls over the inside corner of the
plate. Reddy Ray's position was some fifty yards
behind deep short, and a little toward center field.
He stood sideways, facing two-thirds of that
vacant outfield. In spite of Scott's skill, Hanley
swung the ball far round into right field, but he
hit it high, and almost before he actually hit it the
great sprinter was speeding across the green.
The suspence grew almost unbearable as the
ball soared in its parabolic flight and the red-
The Redheaded Outfield |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Deputy of Arcis by Honore de Balzac: But, inasmuch as the Chamber refuses to hear me, I declare that I
side with the minority of the committee. It seems to me very
proper to send M. de Sallenauve back to his electors in order to
know whether they intended to send a deputy or a lover to this
Chamber--["Order! order!" Loud disturbance on the Left. The tumult
increases.]
M. de Canalis hurries to the tribune.
/The President/.--M. le ministre of Public Works has asked for the
floor; as minister of the king he has the first right to be heard.
/M. de Rastignac/.--It has not been without remonstrance on my
part, gentlemen, that this scandal has been brought to your
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