What Is The Disorder In The Time Traveler's Wife

In “The Time Traveler’s Wife”, Henry is born with a rare genetic disorder that allows him to flash forwards or backwards in time. He is unable to control where he ends up or when. Henry ends up in places that are important in his life like himself at a younger age or the Art Institute of Chicago, but most importantly the meadow behind where the love of his life lives. After officially meeting Henry at the University of Chicago, their lives changes forever. She understands that Henry has a condition that he will appear and disappear at any time. Sometimes he is gone for hours and sometimes months. It takes a huge toll on their relationship. It’s like she is constantly waiting for him and he is constantly leaving her. On page 18 Henry says, “I hate to be where she is not, when she is not. And yet I am always going, and she cannot follow.” I feel as if Henry is a victim of chance with his disorder. He did not chose this life. It hurts him to leave her by herself while he is off in random places in time.
The fact that Henry is always leaving makes it hard to
When he gets to his destination, he is naked and has no money to get by. On page 58 Henry is arrested for breaking and entering a home. He says, ‘Also I refuse to talk to them [the police], so they still don’t know who I am, or where I live. The day they find out, I’m toast because there are several outstanding warrants for my arrest: breaking and entering, shoplifting, resisting arrest, breaking arrest, trespassing, indecent exposure, robbery…’ Henry is forced to do these things because he ends up naked, alone and broke. He has to figure out a way to survive for the little time he in these places. This is why I feel as if Henry is a victim. If he didn’t have this ability to go through time, then he wouldn’t have to do illegal things to survive. Henry would never do this if he didn’t absolutely have