The hour glass is used so often in so many different stories. 
1. Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
2. The Tempest
3. The Wizard of Oz
4. Aladdin
These four stories are just to name a few. I had always believed that time was something that the American culture had only recently started obsessing about. I never paid attention to the signs that time has always been an issue with society as a whole. The hour glass is the perfect representation for the drama of time. It is a symbol that time is running out it gives no indication of stalling or stoping. The sand just keeps flowing until it is all transfered to the bottom. (Times UP!) To many of us that is the most horrible thing that can possibly happen. Running out of time is a castrophe! Weather you are taking a test, trying to get things done, deadlines or just dying! We all fear running out of time. That is why the hour glass is such a good symbol in literature, it is the suspense before the end.
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