Henry DeTamble

Henry DeTamble is the first protagonist in The Time Traveler's Wife.  Henry has a genetic disorder where he is able to time travel at any point in time.  During his time traveling he travels to a meadow and meet six year old Clare Abshire. When he meets Clare he is forty and she is six years old. Henry goes back and visit's young Clare when he gets drawn back to the meadow which is the back yard of her house. Henry does not tell young Clare but when he time travel's back home he is spending time with her older self and their daughter Alba. Audrey Niffenegger uses foreshadowing through out this entire book to show what is going to happen in the future for Henry and Clare.



[Henry:] This is why I love to be drawn by Clare: when she looks at me with that kind of attention, I feel that I am everything to her. (Niffenegger,280)


This quote is in Henry's perspective and it shows how connected he feels to Clare even after being together for so long. He feels as if she can just give him 100 percent attention and it makes him feel very loved when they are together.