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galina1969 [7]
3 years ago
6

The Great Gatsby Chapter 5: What does this quote mean?

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Elan Coil [88]3 years ago
6 0

Looks like a dry conversation. But! The defunct mantelpiece clock symbolically represents Gatsby's delusional perception of time and his desire to prevent time from moving forward. Although it has been five years since the last time he saw Daisy, Gatsby genuinely believes that he can ignore the present and return to the moment he met Daisy in Louisville. ^w^

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