A Wrinkle in Time

Madeleine L'Engle uses a creative mixture of three different story-book motifs for building the story line in her book A Wrinkle in Time. From beginning to end Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin go through adventure after adventure bursting with animated fairy-tale characteristics, a model preteen coming-of-age theme, and a subtle Christian suggestion. The three are intertwined naturally, and work well within the science-fiction twist of this very believable fantasy tale. The main character Meg Murry is the perfect innocent child…...

Rebecca Stead is a real New Yorker. Born in Manhattan. Grew up on the Upper West Side. She went to P.S. 75, where her first published story appeared in the school magazine, The Spicy Meatball. At Stuyvesant High School she studied creative writing with the writer Frank McCourt. She did go out of town for college at Vassar, but she came right back to law school at New York University, where she met her husband, Sean O’Brien. She then worked…...

Continuing the theme of love throughout the book, Aunt Beast plays an important role that was not portrayed in the movie. The “faceless” fur covered character shows that sight is not needed to care for another. After Meg’s health was put in danger from tessering from Camazotz, Aunt Beast heals her after just meeting once. Without even knowing who Meg or the kids were, Aunt Beast felt the need to help. Although Aunt Beast was not portrayed in the movie,…...

In the Book: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'engle is very divergent from the Movie: A Wrinkle in Time by Jennifer Lee. First, there are similarities and differences when it comes to book and the movie. Although both are interesting to read and watch. Book The Murray family is from Connecticut. Charles wallace is their bological son and brother. The father had already vanished. Calvin met Meg in the woods. Mrs. Who did not fall asleep instantaneously. Calvin, Meg,…...

The book, ‘Wrinkle In Time’ was a very popular book. So popular that, it had two movies (2003-2018) and sequals, including the Quintet books. The book starts with Meg wishing that her father was still around. She wakes up, and she’s getting unsettling flashbacks about people ridiculing her. As she’s walking into the kitchen, she sees Charles Wallace, her brother, then her mom walks in and talks to Meg about the bruise on her head. During the monologue, Ms. Whatsit…...

“Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil. ” - Marcus Aurelius. A Wrinkle in Time is a book about the journey through the war of good versus evil and the ultimate triumph of love. Every character is clearly distinguished with either good or evil: the “good” characters include Meg, her family, Calvin, the Mrs. W’s, Aunt Beast, and the Happy Medium; the “evil” characters include IT, The Dark Thing, and the Man with…...

Two villainous characters of two different children novels with the genre of science fiction appear evilly as expected. Their manifestation signifies those of the dark force which seems to be wicked all throughout the story. These two are Khattam Shu of the novel Haroun and the Sea of Stories, and IT in the novel A Wrinkle in Time. Khattam-Shud is the leader and cult master who is also known as the Prince of Silence and the Foe of Speech. Her…...