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Symbols of The Great James Gatz
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Whys It Matter
In the great Gatsby time allows us to keep track
how close Gatsby gets to reaching his goal and how long it takes. it is imperative to the novel as it shows that time will never help Gatsby reach daisy. as time moves forward it is almost as though Gatsby is further away from daisy. when Gatsby has daisy over for lunch at nicks he almost leaves before daisy gets their because he believes shes not coming. Gatsby has less and less time the closer he is to his dream. just as daisy has agreed to be with him she kills Myrtle with the car ending Gatsby's time and ending his dream.
Analysis
One of the most important scenes in which time is a big factor is also the most prevalent. When Gatsby knocks over the clock in his reunion with Daisy. Just 10 minutes before he was telling Nick about how Daisy was never going to show, even though she was only 2 minutes late. Him knocking over the clock represents how his time away from her really impacted him and caused him to lose sight of reason. It shows how, when he left for the war he was really traumatized over not being able to see Daisy for such a long time. His desire and even need for Daisy caused him to do things that were awkward and creepy. Seriously, who keeps shirts for 5 years, and news paper clippings? Come on. Time caused a calamity in Gatsby's head, which he dealt with using time. Daisy, however, was much less affected by the 5 years. whereas Gatsby was completely stuck in the past. However, in the short time they were together, Gatsby's changed personality helped her see that time was just too great a factor for their relationship to work, which was problematic considering the persistence of Mr. James Gatz.
Time And Clock
What does this reveal?
Symbols of The Great James Gatz
it reveals the over all theme the american dream is unreachable. all of this book is about time fleeting from you as you try to reach your dream. as you get closer time runs out and inevitably you never reach your dream because their is never enough time.
by Kevin Goldman And Eduardo Bitencourt
Whats it represent
Our theme, while not being direcly or evidently present within the book, still plays it's role in the plot of The Great Gatsby. Clocks represent time and time revolves around all of Gatsby's efforts and challenges when it comes to Daisy.