| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Marie by H. Rider Haggard: strong enough to enable me to distinguish him by his apparel and the
rifle which he held--I loosed at him with the "roer" and shot him dead.
Indeed the heavy bullet passing through his body mortally wounded
another of the Quabies behind. These were the first men that I ever
killed in war.
As they fell, Leblanc and the rest of our people fired also, the slugs
from their guns doing great execution at that range, which was just long
enough to allow them to scatter. When the smoke cleared a little I saw
that nearly a dozen men were down, and that the rest, dismayed by this
reception, had halted. If they had come on then, while we were loading,
doubtless they might have rushed the place; but, being unused to the
Marie |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Spirit of the Border by Zane Grey: "I am Isaac Zane. Are you Wetzel's companion, or the renegade Deering?"
"I am not a renegade any more than you are. I was rescued by the Indian girl,
who took me as her husband," said Joe coldly. He was surprised, and did not
know what to make of Zane's manner.
"Good! I'm glad to meet you," instantly replied Zane, his tone and expression
changing. He extended his hand to Joe. "I wanted to be sure. I never saw the
renegade Deering. He is here now. I am on my way to the Wyandot town. I have
been to Fort Henry, where my brother told me of you and the missionaries. When
I arrived here I heard your story from Simon Girty. If you can, you must get
away from here. If I dared I'd take you to the Huron village, but it's
impossible. Go, while you have a chance."
The Spirit of the Border |
| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson:
Treasure Island |
The fourth excerpt represents the element of Earth. It speaks of physical influences and the impact of the unseen on the visible world, and is drawn from Awakening & Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin: under my feet, like a troublesome cat."
"You mean like an adoring dog. And just as soon as Ratignolle
appeared on the scene, then it WAS like a dog. `Passez! Adieu!
Allez vous-en!'"
"Perhaps I feared to make Alphonse jealous," she interjoined, with
excessive naivete. That made them all laugh. The right hand
jealous of the left! The heart jealous of the soul! But for that
matter, the Creole husband is never jealous; with him the gangrene
passion is one which has become dwarfed by disuse.
Meanwhile Robert, addressing Mrs Pontellier, continued to tell
of his one time hopeless passion for Madame Ratignolle; of
Awakening & Selected Short Stories |
