The Time Traveler's Wife (pg269-536)

     This half of the book focuses more on the good parts of Clare and Henry being together and more of where Henry goes when he travels. Henry mostly travels to the past so compared to the movie the book is almost backwards. Also things from the past are revealed that are not revealed in the movie. Also there are different reactions to dramatic events in the book where the movie played them out to fullest.
     After being together while Clare is older it was only destined for them to get married. In the movie Henry almost misses his wedding for he unwillingly starts to time travel after the wedding while on their honey moon Henry starts time traveling again. The book has Henry their the whole time. The book does not really stress Henry's time traveling, only what it does to everyone emotionally. This is why it was surprising that Clare was not angry about finding out about Henry's vasectomy. She just comely said, "No. I can't do this anymore either. I give up" (Niffenegger 372). In the movie this scene was way more dramatic.
     In the book things that have already happened and have been told will be told again. Also things from Clare's past that were hinted at in the movie are explained in the book. Clare also seems less stressed out and more happy. The drama of having a child is not gone as thoroughly explained like in the movie. This happy couple stays in love no matter the problem and knows that they will be always in a way be connected even after Henry's death. This is because in a way its like he never died because a time traveling Henry from the past always come for his Clare. The book goes into more detail on how this effects Clare where the movie does not. In the end the book can be considered better than the movie for it holds more information and sides to the story.

The Time Traveler's Wife (pg1-269)

     After reading the first half of this book it was realized that although this is the same story it is different from the movie. The movie started of with Clare (Henry's wife) as a child meeting Henry. The book starts of almost in diary form showing different perspectives. The first point of view was of Clare talking of how difficult it is to be in a relationship with Henry. Then from present tense of the now it goes from present tense of Clare talking and telling of how she meets Henry in the library when she's older.
     Clare meeting Henry in the library is the first time that Henry meets Clare; however, Clare has met the older Henry many times before. Clare knew this because the older Henry knew how this meeting would come. So with Henry being confused Clare tells of her explaining by saying, "I try to explain. 'I'm Clare Abshire. I knew you from when I was a little girl..." (Niffenegger 4). This scene has Clare doing a lot of explaining to the audience and Henry. This is something that the movie and the book have in common.
     The book is almost set up in a play form where it goes from actor to actor. Clare is the actor mostly talking to the audience, one really can not say that Henry talks to the audience the most because they are different Henrys. What this means is that There can be a 30 year old Henry talking or a 25 year old Henry talking. So they are not all the same  and can be considered talking. In the movie its more of the Henry from the present. The book is also more detailed. It shows more of Henry's life before he met Clare and how he has gotten to certain points in his life where the movie skips over these parts.This first half of the book has gone over Henry's life and what Clare puts up with to be with the love of her life Henry. This is so much more when compared to the movie of witch is not as specific.

The Time Traveler's Wife (movie- 2nd half)

     After being so upset about Henry's vasectomy when a Henry from the past calls Clare to pick him up from this time travel she sleeps with him. The next week Clare was pregnant and told Henry after he was wondering why she was acting so weird. The only thing that she could say was that "...it's not like I cheated on you". After all thin was was Henry's baby that she was having; however, it was just the younger Henry who did not yet get a vasectomy.
     Clare's whole answer to the whole situation was that they were not going to argue. Every time that they argued Clare lost the baby so this time she said there was going to be no stress while she was pregnant. Henry on the other hand was stressed and overwhelmed with worry. He did not want a child with the same genetic order that he had and did not want Clare to be disappointed again. This was all until that Henry went on one of his uncontrollable time trips and saw Alba (their daughter) who was very alive and happy. Knowing that something had to be done in the past to make the future like that happened he went to go see Dr. Kendrick who helps him and his daughter in the future. So Alba was born and she can control her time traveling and also where she goes unlike her father. That was how Alba cam back to tell herself  in the past what happens to their father. Henry dies by being shot while some people where hunting. After a while everyone new Henry was going to die and the all anticipated when it was going to happen. Once it did happen Henry from the past was still coming to the past and still returning to the meadow where Clare still left clothes out for him.She kept the mindset "just in case (he comes back)". So that was how the movie ended; however, they all reunited at the meadow as a family and once again they were all waiting and anticipating Henry's next visit.

The Time Traveler's Wife (movie- 1st half)

     This movie is about a girl named Clare who falls in love with a time traveler named Henry. Henry has known Clare since she was five and she has been in love with him ever since.
     The movie starts off with Clare meeting Henry at the library. For Henry this is the first time ever meeting Clare (well his first time remembering meeting Clair). Henry told Clare in a different time that the met that this would happen. So she tells Henry everything and asked him out on a date at Henry's favorite restaurant. Later on after the date the both go back to Henry's place. This is where Clare tells Henry about the first time ever meeting which was in the meadow out in back of Clare's house. From there Henry and Clare start dating. After odd situations Clare's friends find out about Henry's situation which the movie said was because of his genetics.
      Time past on and Clare and Henry are now married and the stress of Henry disappearing and staying gone was starting to  kick in. Knowing her stress Henry met Clare after work and took her into a store with a whole lot of TVs and handed her a scratch ticket. This was when the lottery number's were read off as Henry said them aloud before they were even said. Henry had bought Clare the 5 million dollar lottery ticket of which the used to buy their dream home that had Clare's art studio. A little while later Clare gets pregnant and keeps loosing the baby that is also a time traveler like Henry. Henryy was getting tired of Clare's disappointment so he get a vasectomy.

The Coldest Winter Ever (394-413)

     Winter has a problem and it could have been the end of her. Staying in a mentally abusive relationship and doing whatever for money is what would soon get Winter locked up for 15 years. To think that this could have been avoided if the word "No" was spoken.
     After Bullet decided to unlock Winter from the apartment he took her for a walk. After scaring her in a tone that she loved he asked her to do a drop off with him. This drop off was taking a trip out of stat to exchange drugs and guns for money. When asked if she would do it with him she got a bad feeling; however, she still agreed to do whatever that Bullet wanted. So in preparing for the trip Bullet took Winter back to Brooklyn where Winter the person who use to rule Brooklyn no longer felt safe. So after Bullet left to go to his second apartment to pick up some things Winter got distracted. This led Simone who still held anger to Winter for letting her stay in jail smash the window of the car that Winter was in. After a while Winter was winning the fight until Bullet came back and Winter got distracted by looking at him to provide protection like he provided everything else for her. That was when Simone got a broken glass bottle and swung it across Winter's face. That was when Bullet fired his gun in the air and everyone scattered. As he ran over to help winter and her now bleeding face the cops arrived. This was when Bullet hopped up, walked across the street, and then down the street like nothing ever happened and he did not know what was going on.
     Winter was thrown in jail because i rental car that she was now leaning against  was rented in her name, had drugs stuffed in teddy bears, and weapons in the trunk. If she simply said the truth Bullet would have been arrested and Winter would have been let go. Now 250,055 days into her 15 year sentence she was stepping outside of prison for her mother's funeral. This was like an awful family reunion. Everybody was there, Winter, her father, 3 sisters, and dead crackhead mother in a casket. This is where Winter got to speak to Porsche her younger sister who always wanted to be like Winter following exactly in Winter's footsteps. That is when Winter thought, "But I wanted to warn her about certain things in life. Usually I'm not at a loss for words. But I didn't feel good enough to tell her what I really thought. I knew what she would think: Winter, you're just saying that' cause you're in jail. Winter, you're just saying that because you're old. ...Winter you're just saying that because you're jealous. So instead of saying what I had learned, what was on the tip of my tongue, I said nothing at all. .... She'll learn for herself. That's just the way it is." (Souljah 412-413). Winter finally learned her lesson and it was just to bad that it took her loosing her freedom to realize it. Now her sister is going through the same thing and unfortunately she will probably end up the same way. Using men and only careering about the superficial things in life will only end badly.
The End.

The Coldest Winter Ever (pg 346-394)

     Winter only looking out for Winter and the fastest way to do that has gotten herself into even more problems than she even knows. Being with Bullet is like being in jail. He is over protective, suspisous, jelous, and not the type of person anyone should be with.
     Bullet has Winter locked up in there apartment and her every move is being watched. Winter found out that she was three months pregnant and new it was not Bullet's baby because she was not with him three months ago and new if Bullet found out he would kill her. On top of that he was trying to keep her away from her father by not telling her what prision he was at. So after getting and abortion Bullet grew suspisous because she was not home when he called. Also the doorman who Bullet pays to be his little spy told him that Winter kept leaving the apartment. Bullet even had to violent pitbulls gard the no pets allowed apartment so that she could not leave and on top of that Bullet did not return home for two nights and three days. This ment that Winter was left home straanded in her room for three days with out any food.
     So when Bullet finally came into the room Winter said, "Im hungry'.., which had Bullet reply, 'Oh, so you remember who feeds you, with Winter helplessly saying, 'I never forgot" (Souljah 392). With things like this happening one would think that Winter would try to get out of this horrible relationship; however, she stays because he takes care of Winter whom believes that is all a man should do for her. This is all going to put Winter in a bad situation that she can not get out of and all because of Bullet and her thinking will soon change for people have said to Winter time and time before that gold diggers who also can not do anything for themselves, will end up repaying the supporters some how and with Bullet it could be with Winter's life itself.

The Coldest Winter Ever (pg242-346)

     Winter still absessed with money and using people still is not living right. She has no job, degree, or place of her own. Insted she is living off of people and beging the gold digger that her mother trained her to be.
     Living with Souljah is not as bad as Winter thought it would be. She had all of the conections, a nice place, and Lauren as a friend. Laurn is Souljah's sister who is more like Winter than imagined. After a few months Winter was getting closer and closer to her goal of getting enough money and getting back in touch with Midnight who Souljah had more connections to than she was letting on. So Souljah was having an AIDS fundraiser where Winter was a colector and with about $7000 in her basket she stole the majority of it and even recieved a check for all of her work.
     On Winter's way back to the mansion to get her stuff she walked into Lauren who Souljah called the trickster for a reason that Winter would soon find out. Winter packed her studd and told a lie that she was going to see hger mother in the hospital. Lauren being suspicious mad Winter help her  with some boxes. When Winter was not looking she checked her bags and saw all that cash. So Lauren took all that cash and put bottles in the bag so Winter wouldm't notice the weight change. Winter only figure this out while she was on a bus going to Jersey. The next day it was Winter's birthday of which she forgot and a man that she ws using called  her to congratulate her and come and pick her up and take her to key west. Bullet the guy she was using said, "You know you mine's now' with Winter thinking, '...Bullet thought that he had to fight to make me his girl. I'd lett him believe it, too. Little did he know, I was when he pulled the whip around the bend" (Souljah 345-345). The only reason was because he had money, would take care of her, looked good, and she had no better offers. Winter was falling back into a cycle that her father had warned her about before which he warned would not work out. He said that she had to make her own and getting it from others never last and would hurt her in the end unless she could support herself.