You can tell "time" is an important theme because it's right there in the title Woman on the Edge of Time. And of course there's the whole part of the book where Connie keeps traveling to the future.
But the book also has a lot of flashbacks and memory—and a good bit of waiting around and staring at the wall (when you're imprisoned in an asylum, you do a lot of that.) So "time" here means not just the future, but also the past and the present. It's a time smorgasbord.
Questions About Time
- Can Connie affect the future? (And which future?)
- In what sense is Connie on the edge of, or off to the side of, time?
- Does knowledge of the future help or hurt Connie?
Chew on This
Try on an opinion or two, start a debate, or play the devil’s advocate.
Connie travels to the future because she doesn't want to think about her past.
Connie travels to the future because she wants to revisit her past.