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Also this is the SoCs . Linda said :The prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “title.” Think of the title of a movie. Remember or jot down the first one that comes to mind. Now what I’d like you do for SoCS is, use that title as the inspiration for your post. It can be the story of the movie, the title of the movie, or you can simply quote the title of the movie somewhere in your post. It’s up to you! Enjoy!
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THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE
I have seen this film three times and read the book. It is such a great story . It is about Henry DeTamble who has a genetic abnormality which causes him to time travel without any warning. Stress is a huge factor in his time jumps. He cannot predict, when, where or even whether he travels forward or backwards.
The film starts when Henry meets Clare Abshir, his future wife in a Library. Clare knows who he is because he has been visiting her since her childhood…… when he travels cannot take anything with him so arrives naked …this as you can imagine causes all sorts of problems.
On one of his visits he gives Clare a list of dates and times of future visits so she can leave him food and clothes.
Henry wins over Clare’s close friends and confides in them his problem. Clare and Henry get married , even the wedding is not unaffected with an older Henry turning up to Marry Clare as the young one has traveled. Clare never get used to Henry’s disappearances but she does accept them. She spends most of her life waiting for him to either disappear or return.
Clare becomes pregnant but it appears the baby is time travelling too and she miscarries, sadly this happens many times. Henry has a vasectomy to end their suffering. Soon after, Clare gets pregnant one last time – by a visiting younger version of Henry this time she carries full term. They have a daughter called Alba. Alba can time travel too.
Alba, when she is about 10 years old travels back to help her 5 year old self prepare for her father’s death.
Henry travels to Chicago in winter and cannot find clothes or shelter quickly enough and gets frostbite on his return to his present he has to have both feet amputated …. this does not bode well for any future jumps.
Eventually Henry time travels and is accidentally shot by Clare’s father while hunting elk. Henry returns in time to die in Clare’s arms. Some years later, a younger Henry later visits Alba and Clare, giving Clare hope that he will visit again, but he tells her not to spend her life waiting for him, hoping this encounter would provide a proper closure between them. The book ends slightly differently.
There is a great deal more to this story, Henry’s childhood, the effects on his parents, friends, even how his older self helps the younger self . I just don’t want to tell you too much!
A beautiful story well worth reading the book or seeing the film .
