| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne: bethinking themselves that this woman is youthful and fair, and
doubtless was strongly tempted to her fall, and that, moreover,
as is most likely, her husband may be at the bottom of the sea,
they have not been bold to put in force the extremity of our
righteous law against her. The penalty thereof is death. But in
their great mercy and tenderness of heart they have doomed
Mistress Prynne to stand only a space of three hours on the
platform of the pillory, and then and thereafter, for the
remainder of her natural life to wear a mark of shame upon her
bosom. "
The Scarlet Letter |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Son of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: stake upon his head, holding them there with his upcurled trunk.
"Korak!" cried Meriem from the foliage above him.
Instantly the bull swung about, lowered his burden to the
ground and, trumpeting savagely, prepared to defend his comrade.
The ape-man, recognizing the girl's voice, felt a sudden lump
in his throat.
"Meriem!" he called back to her.
Happily the girl clambered to the ground and ran forward to
release Korak; but Tantor lowered his head ominously and
trumpeted a warning.
"Go back! Go back!" cried Korak. "He will kill you."
The Son of Tarzan |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Chance by Joseph Conrad: near the door, gone through the door, which she neither heard nor
saw being opened or shut. But it was shut. Oh yes, it was shut.
Her slow unseeing glance wandered all over the room. For some time
longer she remained leaning forward, collecting her strength,
doubting if she would be able to stand. She stood up at last.
Everything about her spun round in an oppressive silence. She
remembered perfectly--as she told Mrs. Fyne--that clinging to the
arm of the chair she called out twice "Papa! Papa!" At the thought
that he was far away in London everything about her became quite
still. Then, frightened suddenly by the solitude of that empty
room, she rushed out of it blindly.
Chance |
