Question

What is most likely the symbolic meaning of sand in this passage?

I bent down to scoop a handful of the warm sand. Immediately, it started pouring from the gaps between my fingers. I squeezed tighter, but that forced out even more sand. No matter how many times I scooped up another handful, it ran out of my clasp, blown ahead by the wind.

A.The struggle against nature
B.The loss of a loved one
C.The passing of time
D.The desire for wealth

Answer 1

The answer is B. Because no matter how much you want to hold on to time. It will always slip out of your hands.

Answer 2

C.The passing of time.

Step-by-step explanation:

Sand has been often likened to the passing of time, of how things come and go, irreparably and forever, of how the world and everything in it changes, is mutable, and is doomed to forever disappear. In the passage above, the speaker grabs a handful of sand, and as much as the speaker tries to hold on to it, even as he or she makes a special effort to hold on to it, the sand keeps running out of his or her clasp, just as one who is alive tries to capture fleeting time, but no matter his or her efforts, times keeps slipping away.