Setting

A picture from the movie, of Clare and Henry in the meadow.

          In The Time Travelers Wife the setting is continuously changing with the constant time travel. The setting takes place in many different places such as the meadow in South Heaven, the field behind Clare's family home. This is where Clare first meets Henry it symbolizes the bond or glue of Clare’s and Henry’s relationship. The meadow is used as a meeting place through Clare’s childhood and teen years. It has a big significance to their relationship as it is where there first kiss and the first place they made love.

The Chicago Art Institute

           The biggest place the setting takes place in would be Chicago, this is where Henry grew up, and this is where Clare moves to go to the Art Institute, this setting allows for the art and music to be expressed and shows their lives as they grow together.
           Henry’s work is another place where the story takes place it is a place where Henry is able to go more as a heaven of security. Representing the books and the fact that a library never changes everything is always kept in order, showing the chaos Henry has his entire life. His boss learns of his time travel and allows the library to be a place where he is able to go as a safe place, allowing him to keep his job and accepts him as what he is.