Which of the following scenarios most clearly symbolizes time?
a. i looked at my hand and saw a strange black mark. i tried to rub it, but the stain wouldn't come off!
b. saachi tried to hold onto the sand, but it steadily flowed out between his fingers until it was gone.
c. the hawk launched from the branch and soared into the open sky.
d. winded, i looked up at the mile marker. i had been running for six whole miles.

symbols are often used in writing to generate an effect on the reader. usually, they are used to paint in easy terms a difficult or abstract idea. one such abstract concept that has always entranced writers is that of time and its passage, simply because time is insubstantial and yet it marks the lives of every living thing. many writers have used several symbols to paint time, but the most common is the painting of time´s passage. one such symbol, most commonly used, is the sand clock, used in ancient times as a way to mark passage of time and often portrayed in writings of different types and genres. option b is the correct one because it not only symbolizes precisely the sand clock, which was a means to measure time, but it symbolizes the passage of it because the sand trickled between his fingers, meaning that time was running away from this person.

answer is b. sacci tried to hold onto the sand, but it steadily flowed out between his fingers until it was gone.

answer: "the beating heart symbolizes the narrator's conscience, or his sense of guilt and wrongdoing" so its b

explanation:

"to look at him, or hear him describe it, he had no guilt. however, poe decided to symbolize this man's subconscious guilt through the heartbeat."