| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from My Antonia by Willa Cather: behind in farm-work, and never has caught up.'
`Yes, a new country's hard on the old ones, sometimes,'
said Anna thoughtfully. `My grandmother's getting feeble now,
and her mind wanders. She's forgot about this country,
and thinks she's at home in Norway. She keeps asking mother
to take her down to the waterside and the fish market.
She craves fish all the time. Whenever I go home I take her
canned salmon and mackerel.'
`Mercy, it's hot!' Lena yawned. She was supine under a little oak,
resting after the fury of her elder-hunting, and had taken off
the high-heeled slippers she had been silly enough to wear.
My Antonia |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Frances Waldeaux by Rebecca Davis: although he is long ago of age, he has as yet received no
portion of his father's estates."
"Lisa! You do not understand! Mother, I did not
complain. You have always given me my share of the
income from the property. I have no doubt it was a fair
share--as much as if my father had left me my portion,
according to custom."
"Yes, it was a fair share," said Frances.
"Ah! you smile, madam!" interrupted Lisa. "I am told it
is a vast property, a grand chateau--many securities! M.
Waldeaux pere made a will, on dit, incredibly
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson:
Treasure Island |
