| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald: out of prac----"
"Don't talk so much, old sport," commanded Gatsby. "Play!"
"IN THE MORNING,
IN THE EVENING,
AIN'T WE GOT FUN----"
Outside the wind was loud and there was a faint flow of thunder along the
Sound. All the lights were going on in West Egg now; the electric trains,
men-carrying, were plunging home through the rain from New York. It was
the hour of a profound human change, and excitement was generating on
the air.
"ONE THING'S SURE AND NOTHING'S SURER
The Great Gatsby |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from O Pioneers! by Willa Cather: which he bowed his shaggy head. "Mistress,
mistress," he sobbed, "it has fallen! Sin and
death for the young ones! God have mercy
upon us!"
PART V
Alexandra
O Pioneers! |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Ball at Sceaux by Honore de Balzac: Paris in the summer. The green seclusion of Sceaux answered to
perfection the requirements of good style and of the duties of an
official position.
As it is extremely doubtful that the fame of the "Bal de Sceaux"
should ever have extended beyond the borders of the Department of the
Seine, it will be necessary to give some account of this weekly
festivity, which at that time was important enough to threaten to
become an institution. The environs of the little town of Sceaux enjoy
a reputation due to the scenery, which is considered enchanting.
Perhaps it is quite ordinary, and owes its fame only to the stupidity
of the Paris townsfolk, who, emerging from the stony abyss in which
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