The Time Traveler's Wife (Pgs. 219-428)

Summary
   In the following sections and pages and the book, Henry starts off by walking over to his old apartment to visit his father. When he arrives, he meets Mrs. Kim,  who's pretty much raised him since he was a child. They start having a nice conversation and Mrs. Kim learns that Henry is with Claire, and now is anxious to meet her. Then, Mrs. Kim found out that the real reason Henry went to visit was to ask his father to give him his mom's rings, and thus she found out that Henry is getting married to Clare. As the conversation continued, Henry learns that his father hasn't been paying his rent, hasn't been working and has been throwing things around and screaming. This is due to him missing Henry's mother and not being able to work anymore because his hands shake a lot. The chapter concludes with Henry's father giving him the rings.
   In the chapters that follow, Clare and Henry are together on her twenty- first birthday. On her birthday, Henry asks Clare to marry him, and she says yes. Then, a week later, Henry takes Clare to meet his father and Mrs. Kim. They both loved her. Also, when Clare was in a cafe, she encountered Cecilia, who is a friend of Henry's ex Ingrid. She took her to see her, and when Ingrid found out she was getting married to Henry, she got very upset and left. However, that's not all that happened. In future events, Henry is looking for a drug to somehow alter his time travelling for at least a few hours so he won't disappear when his wedding day comes. Unfortunately, he took the a drug that had the wrong response in his body, and so he ends up in the hospital. Less than a month later, it is time for Henry and Clare's wedding, and on their wedding day, just a few moments before Henry has to go and marry Clare, he time travels for a bit, but then he comes back quickly.
   So much has happened that it wouldn't be enough to explain. Something really important that hasn't been mentioned though is that Clare ends up pregnant, but has at least 6 miscarriages, which leaves her mentally, physically and emotionally destroyed. She does end up finally having a baby without no miscarriage, and Henry disappeared very briefly just before she gave birth. When he travelled in the future, he saw his daughter when she was older yet still a child, and in this time travel he learns that she time travels too, but that he is dead. Also, around the time of Clare's miscarriages, Henry is seeing a doctor that will help him figure out what is wrong with him that causes him to time travel. The last thing mentioned was how Claire lost her virginity to Henry on her eighteenth birthday.

Quote
   "'She was a very emotional person, Annette. She brought that out in other people. After she died I don't think I ever really felt anything again'"( Niffenegger 238).

Reaction
   In these sections of the book, so much happens that it can really keep the reader interested. It doesn't seem as if one is flying through the pages, because it feels as if one is time travelling with Henry and it feels as if one is in the adventures as well. The author hasn't lost the details and essence of the true romance between Henry and Clare that keeps growing. The author is also still stating some things that are explained later in the book, which is what keeps the reading going and it's what catches the attentions of readers as well.
   I chose this quote because I like the honesty Richard (Henry's father) portrayed in talking about Henry's mother Annette. He did say more but I liked this particular part because it's very easy to tell that Richard was very in love with Annette and that they were very happy together, and even if she died, he's still in love with her. Through this I learned that this is where Richard fell apart, because he may feel as if he could have stopped her from getting killed but he couldn't. Through his words I also learned that Richard lost a huge part of himself in losing his wife, and I find it sweet how it takes one conversation about Annette to make him be somewhat himself again. It shows the sincere love they have, which is similar to what Henry and Clare have.