Thursday, September 16, 2010
Time
As we mentioned in class, there are near constant references to time in the book, though some are not always direct. The sun is often mentioned, as a way of indirectly showing what time it is, and sometimes the date is mentioned instead of the time. Why do other people think Time is written of so frequently? It could be that it is to better reflect streams of thought, similar to how he writes at parties. We all think about time a lot more than we might realize, wondering when classes end, how long we've spent doing something, when we can finally go to sleep, and so on. Does anyone else have any thoughts on this? Or a better explanation of why it is so often mentioned.
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Does anyone want to do some research to find out just how many references to time (and the word "time" itself) appears in the novel? The answers might surprise you!
ReplyDeleteGood questions, Phineas.
The word "time" (ignoring case) appears in the book 50 times. I did a word count on a pdf version of the book.
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Thanks, Tim.
ReplyDeleteAlthough we discussed time in class today, I feel that it has not had as big of a role in the book so far as we portrayed it in class to have. The entire book seems to take place during the late afternoon or at night at parties. The time never changes, so there cannot be much emphasis on time, unless Fitzgerald is trying to say that every night is the same in West Egg.
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