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The Symbolism of the Clock
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Daisy and Tom
" And from this position his distraught eyes stared down at Daisy, who was sitting, frightened but graceful, on the edge of a stiff chair" (86).
"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made" (191).
Cronos Complex
" Whereupon he turned and caught it with trembling fingers and set it back in place" (86).
"I think we all believed for a moment that it had smashed in pieces on the floor" (87).
Gatsby's Inability to let Daisy go
"Can't repeat the past? Why of course you can, old sport."
What are the different perspectives of the clock falling down?
Importance of Time in The Great Gatsby
Time is viewed as support for Gatsby
"He talked a lot about the past, and I gathered that he wanted to recover something, some idea of himself perhaps, that had gone into loving Daisy."
"His head leaned back so far that it rested against the face of a defunct mantlepiece clock" (86)