This is the last section of chapters in the book. Victor now understands the situation that Sarah is in, her shaking body and fragile voice, trying to kill herself over a boy that doesn't love her. Victor also notices the man that worked at the lock shop (Dor), didn't seem as healthy or strong. Ever since Dor stopped the time, he began to age. Victor then sees Grace, his wife enter the cryonics facility with Jed. He doesn't know why she is here. Victor's dead body laid before her, frozen up without life, but his soul is still alive. She approaches the cylinder and looks at Victor. She kicks the glass and bangs on it, frustrated. Victor tells her, "I'm ok," but she can't hear him. She then exits the room and and Victor feels exposed. Victor then sees the future, major metropolis centuries from then. Big buildings covering up the greenery and color. Victor sees moments from his past life and figures that he is a legend in the future. Dor asks him if her wants to live another life, and he says why wouldn't I and then Dor states that he has done this also. Dor suddenly shows Victor in the glass, shriveled up and lying dead. He is lost.
Dor tells his story now. Once he was able to change the hour, Victor and Sarah were no longer satisfied with their lives. Dor aged quicker by the minute, getting more pale and discovering a sickness, the plague. Sarah and Victor quickly brought Dor to the old man at the clock shop. They both thought that Dor was being suffered but it was actually a blessing. He had learned the appreciate the life he had led. Dor then awoke in a beautiful place and rushed to his house. He saw Alli and she turned away. He was in heaven. Epilogue: Sarah was rushed to the hospital and next to her on the gurney was Victor Delamonte, suffering from cancer. Victor tells Roger to do something if he says a special word, Grace. This novel was written to explain the meaning of time. We find that Sarah was a medical doctor who cured the disease of cancer. She thanked her friend Victor. One day, there was construction going on and workers were digging a hole. They found something and quickly dug faster. Inside was a room with carvings of people and shapes. They had found the cave Dor was in. Quote: "This is a story about the meaning of time. " ~ This quote begins Chapter 81 and is perfectly clear about the novel itself. All the ideas and points revolved around time, whether it was about Sarah, Victor, or Dor. They all either needed more time, needed less time, or wanted time to stop. You must appreciate every moment you spen with your loved ones because there will be a day where you lose them and you will never know when that day is. These 3 characters learn that lesson and regret doing the things they did instead of with their loved ones.
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In these couple of chapters, Dor, Sarah, and Victor are all in the same narrative meaning that they are spoken about in the same place and they are talking to each other. Victor is now going through the process of freezing, saying goodbye to his rotting liver and the cancer he suffered from. Victor feels fine when he tries to stand up from the bed. Sarah is trying to kill herself from the alcohol and poison she is taking into her body. Sarah enters a room, perfectly fine, not dizzy or anything, and sees an old man getting up from a bed. This man is Victor. Chapter 65 is coincidental because first, they booth see each other, and second, they were both dying but suddenly feel like nothing every happened to them. Victor then thinks that he was between worlds as a person who floated in near-death experiences. He then thought it was when he was frozen alive, when his body is frozen, but his soul can go anywhere. Victor started talking to Sarah about his life which he rarely does. After listening to what Victor had said, Sarah started explaining to Victor about her parents and what she did as a child. Dor woke from whatever he was in, and got many questions from Sarah and Victor like, "Why am I here?" Dor had no answer but stated that they had not died. They are in a moment. This meant that the time has stopped because this was the point where there were no changes and they were in the same room at once. Dor then talks to Sarah and tells her that she shouldn't have tried to kill herself because she had more years to live. The section ends with Dor finally realizing that Sarah was starting to heal.
Quote: "You have not died, you are in the middle of a moment." ~This quote is being said by Dor and he is talking to Sarah and Victor. This quote means that they have reached the moment where everyone was in the same room. Dor states that time had stopped and this is the moment where the time would stop. What they have done to that point cannot be undone and whatever they do next is unwritten. This is an important quote that ties into the thing that the old man was saying about when time would stop. Dor: Dor is sitting on the skyscraper again, thinking about the people he followed and how their lives differ. He also thinks about how this world is so much different than his, all the technology and the way people treat each other. Dor was always watching the two people. He stood by Victor's dead body and watched Sarah's love life deepen. Not much is mentioned about Dor, mostly just that he has always been watching the two people ever since he got the assignment from the old man.
Victor: From studying, Victor knew how he was going to die and when. Every chapter is a step closer to him dying. He started getting numbness in his hands and feet,l his face turned a little gray, and there were various signs of renal failure. There could've been an alternate plan to him dying. They could freeze him before he dies. Victor gets even closer to dying, with his breathing accelerating. Grace keeps refusing to leave Victor as he wants her to go. Victor continues to lie to her about him not being here. He tells Roger to not do anything if he goes unconscious. Victor was barely alive, being brought to the cryonics facility to freeze. Sarah: Sarah still loves Ethan, but does he love her back as much? Ethan ignored her and didn't want to hang out with her anymore. Sarah grew more and more angry like a monster that couldn't be controlled. Sarah was drinking and couldn't control herself. She was dizzy and felt sick. She was all discombobulated in the morning and couldn't wake up. She refused to send a text to Ethan or do anything. Sarah was drinking again on New Year's Eve and was acting weird towards Lorraine, her mother. Sarah was suffering and Dor felt bad while watching her. She was helpless and chose wrong decisions. She now realized that she definitely suffered the consequences from doing those bad things. Quote: "It is never too late or too soon. It is when it is supposed to be." ~This quote is said by the old man talking to Dor. Dor is ashamed at himself for not helping Sarah and Victor at all and watching them suffer and die. This quote means that there is always a right time for things and you are never too late or too early to do something. It was Dor's destiny to help the two and affect their lives in a good way. Dor feels incompetent because he feels that he failed to do his job. He will have to figure out when the right moment will be. Dor: Dor had reached the city of his destiny and for the first time, asked, "What time is it?" Every evening, Dor would go to the top of the skyscrapers and sit on their ledges. Dor had no need for sleep or food, for he was "living in a different time grid altogether." His thoughts were usual, thinking of how much better it would be with Alli besides him. Dor finally reaches the two people he was supposed to find, but he is confused to why a man in a wheel chair and a lovestruck girl would be singled out from the masses. During Victor's procedure, he saw a shadow of Dor next to him. Dor was exploring the hospital and noticed how blood entered and exited the body. Dor then appears at the store that Alli went to for a message to Ethan. He assists her with the note.
Sarah: Through these chapters, it is still about Sarah's love life. Ethan was as attentive to Sarah as he was earlier. He was not so enthusiastic talking to her. Sarah was wondering why he wasn't happy and not saying his favorite word, "Lemon-ade." She decided to go on a train to NYC to get him a special watch. She then saw on the TV that the world is going to end next week and she thought of telling Ethan. Sarah went to the clock shop looking for the watch. Sarah couldn't explain the watch she was looking for and about 20 minutes had passed. She soon found it and was so happy. She got the $249 watch and said it was for her boyfriend, hesitantly. Now that she got the gift, she needed a place and time to give it to him. She then thought to write a message on the back of the watch. She went to the store and saw Dor there, who gave her the message. It was a meaningful one about time. Christmas....Christmas was when she was going to give the watch to Ethan. They would do it at Dunkin' Donuts. Victor: Victor is going to the store to buy a watch. This was Victor's last Christmas because he knew he was dying soon. The cryonics people would stop it once he was frozen so he could start the new world. In Chapter 43, Victor is buying his watch and wondering the history behind the name. He realized in the car that he never knew what the price of the watch was. Victor was in the hospital getting 2 shots when he saw Dor in the shadows. Along with Sarah, he saw Dor next to him. He blinked again and he was gone. Victor's father eventually died and it was very tragic. Everyone was sad and Victor thought that one day he would return, magically. Quote #1: "Sometimes, when you are not getting the love you want, giving makes you think you will." ~ This quote is referring to Sarah and Ethan. Ethan does not seem happy to Sarah and she tries to cheer him up but can't. She thinks that Ethan doesn't love her anymore. She decides to get him his favorite watch to cheer him up and make him love her again. This quote means that if you feel not loved, you tned to think that getting a gift for that person will make things better. This may not be the right way all the time. Quote #2: "Time flies with you." ~This is another quote referring to Sarah and Ethan. This is the message that Sarah decides to put on the back of Ethan's watch. This means that time goes really fast and suddenly you are saying good bye and its like no time passed at all. When Ethan reads this, he will want more time with Sarah. |
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