A Wrinkle In Time Character Analysis

Meg Murry is the protagonist in the book a Wrinkle in Time. Meg is an underachiever in school, doubts herself, and gets in fights. When Meg was young her father disappeared and she wants to find him. Meg Murry was awkward and weird, but over the course of her journey she used her awkwardness to become a hero.

possession of a weapon she must discover within herself to destroy IT. Meg eventually realizes

All refugees, the circumstances notwithstanding, face immense hardship throughout their lives. In time, these hardships give way to new opportunities, dreams, and perspectives, as even in the face of suffering, one always retains their intrinsic self. Kim Ha, the protagonist in Thanhha Lai’s Inside Out and Back Again, experienced this through her family’s daring escape from war-torn South Vietnam. Consequently, Inside Out and Back Again serves as a fitting title for her story.

In A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline Lengle the main character, Meg Murry, turns into an independent person. At the beginning of the novel Meg is down on herself .She doesn’t think that she can do anything right. For example Meg is in her bedroom, during a hurricane, after school. She says, “It’s the weather on top of everything else.

Meg Murry, one of the main characters of the novel, lives in a small town with her mother and three brothers. She is portrayed as an awkward girl who doesn't do particularly well in school nor fit in with the popular crowd. However, this apparent mediocrity conceals her extraordinary math abilities - a subject her father taught her before he disappeared. Megs relationship with some of the other characters are not the same at all. Meg has two twin brothers and she treats them poorly. But on the other hand she has a baby brother. Megs baby brothers name is charles wallace and they are really close they walk home to school together and do everything together at school charles wallace gets beat up on and she stops it . Meg Murry is the twelve-year-old

As Meg begins to grow as a character, she starts to embrace her flaws. Near the end of the book, she realizes that they are what

She finds strength in the book through her faults like on Camazotz she found them useful ,"But I'm always trying to get rid of my faults!" "Yes," Mrs. Whatsit said. "However, I think you'll find they'll come in very handy on Camazotz." (6.82-86). Meg found a way to beat the system and find a way to win. Meg just didn’t know she had the ability to be such a

Additionally, Meg shows this behavior on the planet Uriel when she felt as though Calvin and Charles were being taken away from her, “Meg felt that Calvin was being torn from her. When she reached for him her fingers touched nothing. She screamed out, “Charles!” and whether it was to help him or for him to help her, she did not know,” (L’Engle 71). Which demonstrates how after discovering Calvin was not by her side she became worrisome causing her to call out for her brother out of sheer fear, she felt as though vulnerable without them. Meg demonstrates that when a loved one is taken away a person can feel vulnerable without the protection of love they gave them and fear for the worst even if it’s just a random risk from first time tessering. Finally, love can be your greatest weapon is shown when Mrs. Which strengthened the unknown ability Meg she didn’t think possessed, to save Charles from IT the disembodied Brain controlling him, “I love you!” she cried. “I love you,

Even though this novel showcased plenty different subjects, I found that the betrayal and dishonesty of the people around Meg were well represented throughout the story. Prior to finding the key, Meg had no idea that her parents had been obscuring their involvement in S.O.M.A. from her.

and she is ready to give into fear and abandon her hero's journey. Proof of this is when Meg said “I can’t go! I can't! You know I can't” (L'engle, 182) which proves that she is at a complete loss at what to do and does not believe she can do it. The reason why she is so doubtful of herself is because everyone doubts her such as when Calvin (her friend) says “Oh Meg, you are a moron” (47) and not one person has not doubted her except for her mentors Mrs. Who, Mrs. Whatsit and Mrs. Which.

Meg is the one who understands Charles Wallace the most. Her father has been gone for a long time so he doesn't have that great of a connection with Charles as Meg does. In the beginning of the story it talks about how Charles Wallace and Meg without her even talking to him. “That it has to be me.

The notes and letters written in,” Gibberish” (Scared, Overwhelmed) sent chills up her spine, and made her make the decision to hire around the clock guards. The police guards were with her all hours of the day in case the stalker decided to make a move. Eventually Megyn and the guards’ intelligence caught the stalker and threw him in jail.when the detective questioned the criminal, he claimed to have a love relationship with Megyn even though they had never met. Once the neurotic stalker was pronounced guilty, Megyn was able to sleep with her eyes closed again. Overall, Megyn thought that she had completely overcome the stalker. That is until she was recently informed that the criminal was released from prison and is,” Back on the streets” ( Scared, Overwhelmed). She intends to stand tall and fight back if he sets his eyes on her

Apollo did not want to lose another companion and in the midst of the chaos, he yelled: “Meg you can’t trust him” (Riordan 286). This quote is used to remind the fellow protagonist of her past woes. At this point, an antagonist who killed the girl's father is now her stepfather and brainwashes her. Meg is then turned against Apollo to kill him due to the misconceptions Nero had brainwashed her with. This not only shows that another person who grew close to Apollo is betraying him, but that Meg has once been betrayed by the antagonist and has no choice but to trust him against her will. This strengthens the novel by showing that theme is relevant to more than just the main

There are many similarities and also many differences in the books A Wrinkle in Time, written by Madeline L’Engle, and When You Reach Me, written by Rebecca Stead, in the characters. L’Engles’ book is about a young girl and two friends who go and try and save her father. Steads’ book is about a girl and her many mysterious acts. Two characters that show many comparisons are Calvin and Marcus. Calvin is a friend of Megs and also a sidekick in A Wrinkle in Time and Marcus is a teen firebrand who later becomes closer with Miranda in the book When You Reach Me.

The book A wrinkle in time by Madeleine L'Engle is a classic novel that has a universal theme. One important theme of the story is love is stronger than fear. This lesson is learned in many ways in the book. Meg learns this lesson when she is on comotoz and needs to use the power of love to save Charles from IT (page 229).