The Time Travelers Wife Analysis

The Time Travelers Wife is a love story between a man and a woman who encounter many hardships throughout their life. Through this book and the author’s interview a sense of true love is shown. This novel shows the significance of love and how two people are able to have a relationship when one is not always physically around. It also shows how love can have many ups and downs and that marriages aren’t always perfect. The main characters throughout the story are Henry, Clare, and their daughter Alba. Henry is a time traveler that has no control on what time period or event he might encounter in any given moment (Shmoop Editorial Team). Clare is his wife in the near future who has to wait for him to come at any time and there are times when
In the beginning they start living together in a small complex apartment and they start to see their differences such as their taste in music and enjoyments. Henry starts to see that Clare worries about him greatly do to his frequent absences and he also sees that she feels trapped since the apartment is so small and she cannot fully express here artist work. So then Henry decides to mess with the future and writes down the number of the winning lottery ticket and he gives it to Clare who is mad at the fact that he did that but slowly forgives him as he convinces her that she needs a bigger space to run freely and express her art. They then start looking for a new home and Clare is very detailed as they look at new houses while Henry just goes straight to the backyard and says no to almost all the places they see and she does not understand why he is being like that but still supports him (Niffenegger 286). He then explains that his present self-had time traveled to the future and had seen this place which looked like their home as he states, “...over the backyard into the window of a brick building which seemed to be your studio (Niffenegger 287).” After that Clare gains a sense of understanding and although she still wants to get a real experience in looking for houses she stops since Henry had already been there (Modern Literature, 2016). Once they find the house and are living in it Clare starts to wish for a child do to Henry’s continuous absences (Shmoop Editorial Team). As this is happening Henry is trying to convince Doctor Kendrick ,who is his future doctor that he is a time traveler and he must help him but he does not believe him till he sees Henry disappear right before him. Then two years later Clare and Henry finally decide to actually try having a baby