| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Red Seal by Natalie Sumner Lincoln: everyday life," he said shortly. "I am tired of heroics; Jimmie
Turnbull was hardly the man to inspire them."
"Stop!" Helen's voice rang out imperiously. "I will not permit one
word said in disparagement of Jimmie, least of all from you, father.
Wait," as he attempted to speak. "I do not know what traits of
character I may have inherited from you, but I have all mother's
loyalty, and - that loyalty belongs to Jimmie."
McIntyre's eyes shifted under her gaze.
"I regret very much this obsession," he said rising. "I will not
attempt to reason with you again, Helen, but "- he made no effort
to lower his voice, "the world - our world will soon know what
The Red Seal |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy: her voice; and felt an immense pity for her and
a deep horror and disgust with himself. Once
more he shut his eyes, and the black faces reap-
peared. Towards the evening of the next day
he rose and went, with hardly any strength left,
to a public-house. There he ordered a drink, and
repeated his demands over and over again, but
no quantity of liquor could make him intoxicated.
He was sitting at a table, and swallowed silently
one glass after another.
A police officer came in. "Who are you?" he
The Forged Coupon |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Amy Foster by Joseph Conrad: golden heart, and soft to people's misery,' he
would say in the accents of overwhelming convic-
tion.
"He was called Yanko. He had explained that
this meant little John; but as he would also repeat
very often that he was a mountaineer (some word
sounding in the dialect of his country like Goorall)
he got it for his surname. And this is the only
trace of him that the succeeding ages may find in
the marriage register of the parish. There it
stands--Yanko Goorall--in the rector's handwrit-
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