The Waiting Continues

page 321-pg 546

 This part of the book is basically about Henry trying to have a normal life. While working in the library he time travels and finds himself locked in a cage in the library. There is no way out and no way in the cage. The security guards found him and eventually his boss found out about what was going on. All of Henry's coworkers thought he was a freak for being naked in the library's cage but another Henry from the past came just in time to reveal his secret. He had to tell his co-workers why he was always disappearing  and appearring with no clothes on or else he would be fired. Henry was not fired so that part of his life was secure. One big problem between Henry and Clare was that they had a hard time conceiving a child. Clare had about 5 or six miscarriages. She insisted on trying to have a baby even though she knew it was nearly impossible for her to go through a pregnancy without a miscarriage.
       Henry decides to get a vasectomy, but a Henry from the past time travels into Clare's present and they have a baby. Their daughter is also born with Chrono-displacement disorder, but she has more control over where she time travels to. Henry only gets to live with her for five years, because he dies when she is five. On one of his journeys he gets frost bite in a very cold day in Chicago. When Henry comes back to the present he still has frostbite and he gets his feet amputated. Henry feels sad and useless without his feet, because it is harder for him to move around and he isn't as independent. Then Henry dies while he is time traveling to Clare's childhood. Clare's father and brother were going hunting and they thought Henry was an animal, which is why they shot him. He died in Clare's past and did not come back, but he had already warned Clare that he was going to die.
          Henry left Clare a letter telling her to stop waiting for him to come back even though he is ocming back. He tells Clare that he will visit her when she is very old and Clare never stops waiting. Alba, Henry's daughter, does get to see Henry while she time travels. Sometimes they bump into each other while time travelling, but for a short amount of time. Alba has artistic skills just like Clare and she finds time travelling interesting. Clare does not remarry and she stays waiting for Henry until they meet again.

Quote- "Sometimes I am glad when Henry's gone, but I'm always glad when he comes back." (Niffeneger 410)

Reactions- The quote above shows how Clare feels about Henry's disorder. She enjoys being alone at times, but she is always glad that he comes back. This also shows that she has been waiting for him her life and that she is accostumed to always being the one who waits.
             This section of the book was pretty interesting and I like how in a way the novel has happy ending. Even though Henry dies, Clare still has her daughter. Alba also gets to see her father, even though he is dead. Something I found interesting was that there is a day when Henry time travels into Alba's school and Alba knows who he is. Everyone in Alba's classroom is also aware of her disease, which caught my attention. It is possible that in the future (in the book) more people  start time travelling. People who time travel are called CDDs. I also liked how Clare describes the last time she met with Henry, since the last pages are mainly tolf from Clare's point of view. She knew that it was the day she was going to meet him again.