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  • Essay / A Wrinkle In Time - 991

    A Wrinkle In TimeA Wrinkle In Time is an example of great American literature. This is a plot-driven novel in which something always happens while an obstacle stands in the way. Most of the conflicts that occur in this book are person versus self and person versus the supernatural. A very present aspect in this book is love. This love takes the characters on the journey of their lives, with the sole purpose of finding her father. This background love is only known to the reader in the final pages and eventually encompasses and explains the entire novel. Meg Murray, the protagonist and the person from whom the reader gets their perspective, is the main character. She has a younger brother, Charles Wallace, and two twin brothers, Sandy and Denny. Her mother is a guiding figure in the story and is the source of her daughter Meg's ambition. We learn while reading the story that Meg's father disappears from an extremely secret scientific project, and should return, but this has not been the case for several years. Meg can see the pain her mother and the rest of the family are feeling over the loss of their father, and she wants to help her find him. All the while, the feelings are mutual about their father's life, but no one knows for sure. The characters begin to develop and we learn that Charles Wallace and Meg Murray are very close siblings, and Charles seems to have the ability to know when Meg or Meg Murray is alive. his mother is upset. He can also answer questions directed to him by his sister, but not actually asked of him, almost as if he can read their minds. None other than little Charles Wallace demonstrates the first example of love expressed in this novel. During the dark and stormy night that begins the book, Meg is afraid of the wind and thunder and decides to go downstairs for a cup of cocoa. Charles Wallace is already awake and has warmed the milk for the chocolate. However, that's not the only thing little Charles Wallace did. " "You have added more than twice enough milk. "Meg looked into the pan. Charles Wallace nodded serenely. 'I thought Mother might like some'" (L'Engle 8). He even makes sandwiches for Mrs. Murray and Meg. Charles Wallace is only five years old, but he knows when his sister needs company and is happy to do things for Mrs...