| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald: Chicago, which informed him that as three more street-car
companies had gone into the hands of receivers he could expect
for the present no further remittances. Last of all, on a dazed
Sunday night, a telegram told him of Monsignor Darcy's sudden
death in Philadelphia five days before.
He knew then what it was that he had perceived among the curtains
of the room in Atlantic City.
BOOK TWO
The Education of a Personage
CHAPTER 5
The Egotist Becomes a Personage
This Side of Paradise |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Virginian by Owen Wister: had hyeh. And you insisted on playing the game with me this way,
yu' see. What outlet did yu' give me? Didn't I have it to do? And
I'll tell yu' one thing for your consolation: when I got to the
middle of the frawgs I 'most believed it myself." And he laughed
out the first laugh I had heard him give.
The enthusiast came up and shook hands. That led off, and the
rest followed, with Trampas at the end. The tide was too strong
for him. He was not a graceful loser; but he got through this,
and the Virginian eased him down by treating him precisely like
the others--apparently. Possibly the supreme--the most
American--moment of all was when word came that the bridge was
The Virginian |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories by Mark Twain: Edward worked steadily along, and in time became a full partner
in his master's business. George did not improve; he kept the loving
hearts of his aged benefactors full of trouble, and their hands full
of inventive activities to protect him from ruin. Edward, as a boy,
had interested himself in Sunday-schools, debating societies,
penny missionary affairs, anti-tobacco organizations, anti-profanity
associations, and all such things; as a man, he was a quiet but
steady and reliable helper in the church, the temperance societies,
and in all movements looking to the aiding and uplifting of men. This
excited no remark, attracted no attention--for it was his "natural bent."
Finally, the old people died. The will testified their loving
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