Time is of the essence

I think that the clock mentioned in chapter 5 represents the timefinally mingling witht the present. Gatsby has been living in the past for so long. He has been wiating, dreaming, and filling his life with this one objective of meeting Daisy again. Gatsby wants to erase five years that has pasted, he thinks nothing of the reality that has happened within those five years they were apart. The clock is a new hour where the present finally means something to Gatsby. The theme of time is important to the character Gatsby. I think it is significant that Gatsby's head was leeaning against the clock creating pressure on the clock, just like he has been putting pressure on time up until the time he meets Daisy again. The clock couldn't supprt all the pressure he put on it. Us as the reader know that all the demands Gatsby has for timecan't be supported either. The fact is time changes people and Daisy no longer is the girl he used to know and thought he loved!
Another thing i thought about when thinking of the clock was the saying "Time is Money." Since Gatsby has used time to get the money and riches he needed to impress Daisy, this saying goes hand in hand with Gatsby has used time to be... a tool. Yet time betrayed Gatsby. It never gave him anything in return. This makes me think is this dream Gatsby has real happiness? The things that people try to gain in in order to make time worth it such as money isn't necessarily the thing that will give you all that you want. All the money in the world couldn't have made Daisy go with Gatsby.