The Time Traveler's Wife Analysis

For the past 16 years of my life, acceptance and forgiveness meant little to me. I have made many mistakes in my life, but have always been forgiven by my family and friends therefore, I never accepted these faults as my own. I would ignore the feeling in my gut of shame when I realize losing a basketball game was my fault. I follow one of the stereotypes placed by Western media that males show strength, not weakness. Leading me to become shy and act as if nothing happens when I make mistakes. Yet, my peers eventually lost faith in my capabilities is why I now realize that ignoring problems or pretending they do not exist is never the answer. The only way to truly be myself is to accept and have faith that I will be forgiven for whatever mistake I have made and will make. That …show more content…
After reading The Time Traveler’s Wife, it occurred during my third book club when we discussed the reasons behind Ingrid’s suicide. If Ingrid accepted that Henry left her for obvious reasons as their relationship was hanging by a thread, then she would not have been dead beat and exhausted for all those years afterwards. Although Ingrid blames Henry for her shattered state, losing her identity as a remarkable woman was her fault. From Henry’s perspective ““Did you love me?” Ingrid asks, looking down at me. “Yes,” I tell her. “Liar,” Ingrid says, and she pulls the trigger” (478). After several years, she was finally able to ask Henry if he had loved her, indicating that she was unable to accept that Henry had left him for Clare Abshire. Ingrid’s inability to recover from the breakup stopped her from moving forward in life and to date other individuals to potentially find someone she would love. After reading this novel, I find that in order to be conscious in difficult moments, individuals must gather strength and perseverance to accept and recover from the situations humans

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