| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum: desert, and none could live to cross it."
"It is the same at the South," said another, "for I have been
there and seen it. The South is the country of the Quadlings."
"I am told," said the third man, "that it is the same at the West.
And that country, where the Winkies live, is ruled by the Wicked Witch
of the West, who would make you her slave if you passed her way."
"The North is my home," said the old lady, "and at its edge is
the same great desert that surrounds this Land of Oz. I'm afraid,
my dear, you will have to live with us."
Dorothy began to sob at this, for she felt lonely among all
these strange people. Her tears seemed to grieve the kind-hearted
The Wizard of Oz |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Records of a Family of Engineers by Robert Louis Stevenson: completely wetted, he again got below and went to bed. In
this state of the weather the seamen had to move about the
necessary or indispensable duties of the ship with the most
cautious use both of hands and feet, while it required all the
art of the landsman to keep within the precincts of his bed.
The writer even found himself so much tossed about that it
became necessary, in some measure, to shut himself in bed, in
order to avoid being thrown upon the floor. Indeed, such was
the motion of the ship that it seemed wholly impracticable to
remain in any other than a lying posture. On deck the most
stormy aspect presented itself, while below all was wet and
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