| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Herland by Charlotte Gilman: the cream of it.
At least we thought we had diverted them. Later I found that
besides keeping a careful and accurate account of all we told
them, they had a sort of skeleton chart, on which the things we
said and the things we palpably avoided saying were all set down
and studied. It really was child's play for those profound educators
to work out a painfully accurate estimate of our conditions
--in some lines. When a given line of observation seemed to lead
to some very dreadful inference they always gave us the benefit
of the doubt, leaving it open to further knowledge. Some of the
things we had grown to accept as perfectly natural, or as belonging
Herland |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic: That would be the best thing you could do."
He shook his head disconsolately, from side to side.
"I can't!" he groaned, with a swifter recurrence of the
sob-like convulsions. "I'm dying for sleep, but I'm too--
too frightened!"
"Come, I'll sit beside you till you drop off," she said,
with masterful decision. He suffered himself to be pushed
into recumbency on the couch, and put his head with
docility on the pillow she brought from the spare room.
When she had spread the fur over him, and pushed her
chair close to the sofa, she stood by it for a little,
The Damnation of Theron Ware |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: lucky, she might see him alone. She hadn't seen him since long
before Bonnie was born. She hadn't wanted to see him at all when
she was so obviously pregnant. And she had missed the daily
contact with him, even if there was always someone around. She had
missed the importance and activity of her lumber business while she
was immured. Of course, she did not have to work now. She could
easily sell the mills and invest the money for Wade and Ella. But
that would mean she would hardly ever see Ashley, except in a
formal social way with crowds of people around. And working by
Ashley's side was her greatest pleasure.
When she drove up to the yard she saw with interest how high the
Gone With the Wind |
