| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald: long time ago.
"You resemble the advertisement of the man," she went on innocently.
"You know the advertisement of the man----"
"All right," broke in Tom quickly, "I'm perfectly willing to go to
town. Come on--we're all going to town."
He got up, his eyes still flashing between Gatsby and his wife.
No one moved.
"Come on!" His temper cracked a little. "What's the matter, anyhow?
If we're going to town, let's start."
His hand, trembling with his effort at self-control, bore to his lips the
last of his glass of ale. Daisy's voice got us to our feet and out on
The Great Gatsby |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy: her danger by the representations of his companion, and by the
doctor's letter, had yielded, and sat down to tell her roundly
that she was virtually free.
"And you'd better write also to the gentleman," suggested
Beaucock, who, scenting notoriety and the germ of a large practice
in the case, wished to commit Melbury to it irretrievably; to
effect which he knew that nothing would be so potent as awakening
the passion of Grace for Winterborne, so that her father might not
have the heart to withdraw from his attempt to make her love
legitimate when he discovered that there were difficulties in the
way.
The Woodlanders |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain: steamboat life. Then she was promoted and become head chambermaid.
She was a favorite with the officers, and exceedingly proud of their
joking and friendly way with her.
During eight years she served three parts of the year on that boat,
and the winters on a Vicksburg packet. But now for two months,
she had had rheumatism in her arms, and was obliged to let
the washtub alone. So she resigned. But she was well fixed--
rich, as she would have described it; for she had lived a steady life,
and had banked four dollars every month in New Orleans as a provision
for her old age. She said in the start that she had "put shoes on
one bar'footed nigger to tromple on her with," and that one mistake
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