Symbols, Imagery, Allegory
Since Henry was a little boy, he has loved museums. When his parents promise to take him to the Field Museum of Natural History, he's so excited that he can't sleep the night before, thinking about...
Setting
The Meadow in South HavenThe meadow near the Abshire family home represents the cradle of Clare's relationship with Henry. It's where she meets him for the first time when she is 6 years old and He...
What's Up With the Title?
The title "The Time Traveler's Wife" suggests that Clare is the main character in the story. Yet the narration seems to devote equal attention to Clare and Henry. What speaks for the book as being...
What's Up With the Epigraph?
This novel has a bunch of epigraph-like quotes that are worth digging into. We're going to go through them one by one.Clock time is our bank manager, tax collector, police inspector;this inner time...
What's Up With the Ending?
The concluding epigraph from Homer's Odyssey in Book 3 sums up this book perfectly: "…and so she too rejoiced, her gaze upon her husband, her white arms round him pressed as though forever."...