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1. The title directly reveals the character’s interest in time and its
interplay with place. These ideas are further developed in the first
paragraph of the story, when we see that Gilbert is keenly aware
that time seems to move more quickly in some places than others.
Gilbert’s interest in the interplay between space and time is one of
his primary motivations.
2. Words used to describe time include tyrant, crawled, whipped,
eternity, flashing instant. These descriptions suggest that time—or
at least our perception of it—is imposed upon us and entirely
outside our control. It is part of the nature of humanity to be caught
in time.
3. Einstein claimed that time was similar to space, implying that one
might travel back in time. At the beginning of the story this is an
interesting idea to Gilbert, but his father’s death further increases
its appeal. If Gilbert could travel backward in time, he might be
with his father—and his mother-once more.
4. Gilbert feels trapped in and by time. His observation that the rails
limit the children’s movements through space helps reiterate his
understanding of time. It also sets up a clear point of reference for
the following section in which the bounds of both space and time
fall away.
5. Gilbert is still struggling to come to terms with his father’s death.
He wants to see his father again, and in these lines we see his
belief that this may be possible.
6. Symbol: handcar; What it represents (in outer ovals of web):
freedom, power, self-directed movement, hope, determination. The
handcar symbolizes the children’s newfound ability first to
determine their own direction in space from just two choices and
later to determine their own direction through both time and space
from an unlimited list of possibilities. The handcar symbolizes
freedom from the bounds of both space and time.
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