The relationship between Clare and Henry shows that time is subject to individual perception. As a time traveller, Henry jumps back and forth from the past to the future, while Clare lives solely chronologically. For Henry, past, present, and future happen in the same time, while Clare only experiences time in the present. When she waits for Henry, time …show more content…
For Henry, the people of his future and his past are very much a part of his present life. He maintains a relationship with his dead mother. He meets his unborn daughter for the first time in his future. Past, present, and future are all one reality for him. On the contrary, reality for Clare only exists in the present, because her life and consciousness are locked into a chronological time line. Yet, when Clare meets Henry in his present, she has known him all her life, whereas in his reality, she's a complete stranger. The relationship between Clare and Henry further shows that time is subject to singular perception. As a time traveller, Henry is constantly travelling back and forth from the past to the future, while Clare lives solely in a sequential timeline in which is unknown to her. For Henry, past, present, and future happen in the same time, while Clare only experiences time in the present. When she waits for Henry, time seems to move more slowly. When he's with her, it seems to proceeds much