| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen: and Elinor, conning over every injunction of distrust,
told herself likewise not to hope. But it was too late.
Hope had already entered; and feeling all its anxious flutter,
she bent over her sister to watch--she hardly knew for what.
Half an hour passed away, and the favourable symptom
yet blessed her. Others even arose to confirm it.
Her breath, her skin, her lips, all flattered Elinor
with signs of amendment; and Marianne fixed her eyes on
her with a rational, though languid, gaze. Anxiety and
hope now oppressed her in equal degrees, and left her no
moment of tranquillity till the arrival of Mr. Harris at
Sense and Sensibility |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey: "Yes."
"Rode in to shoot up the town, eh? Same old stunt of you
gunfighters? Meant to kill the man who offered a reward? Wanted
to see Jeff Aiken bad, huh?"
"No," replied Duane. "Your citizen here misrepresented things.
He seems a little off his head."
"Reckon he is. Somebody is, that's sure. You claim Buck Duane,
then, an' all his doings?"
"I'm Duane; yes. But I won't stand for the blame of things I
never did. That's why I'm here. I saw that placard out there
offering the reward. Until now I never was within half a day's
The Lone Star Ranger |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Voice of the City by O. Henry: minded girl with hair the color of Culmbacher, and a
good-natured way of despising you. She was a New
York girl.
Well (as the narrative style permits us to say in-
frequently), Pettit went to pieces. All those pains,
those lover's doubts, those heart-burnings and
tremors of which be had written so unconvincingly
were his. Talk about Shylock's pound of flesh!
Twenty-five pounds Cupid got from Pettit. Which
is the usurer?
One night Pettit came to my room exalted. Pale
The Voice of the City |
