In the very beginning, of the novel, Meg is the first to display courage. She does so by defending her little brother, Charles Wallace’s name, because “…one of the boys had said something about her “dumb baby brother” at this she’d thrown her books…and tackled him with every ounce of strength she had” (L’Engle 4).
Even though all the characters portray some type of courage, Meg shows the most throughout the novel. Meg’s personality, in the beginning, was a little off, as she was still trying to find out who she was and how her quirks are her strengths and how it makes her who she is.
Her parents, before her father left, have been trying to prepare her for the greater things she has to overcome in the future by giving her IQ tests and teaching her complicated mathematics which caused disruptive problems in her class. Even though she thought she was dumb, which is not true, and even having her classmates ridicule her, it helped her when she was on Camazotz. The journey strengthened her courage, because she was used to her classmates being rude and demeaning to her, so when she had to deal with the red eyed man she just thought of him as the same as other on Earth.
Her courage is truly developed in chapter twelve after she realizes she is the only one that can save Charles Wallace from the huge exposed brain. “That is has to be me. It can’t be anyone else. I don’t understand Charles, but he understands me. I’m the one who’s closest to him,” she is the only one that can save him because her father has been away from them too long, to reach through to Charles Wallace, and Calvin O’Keefe (a classmate Meg met on the way to the Mrs. W’s house) for a short amount of time (195).
The Essay on The Controversy Continues Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin wrote The Origin of the Species, which laid out his theory of evolution. His ideas revolutionized science, but also created a controversy that still continues to this day. Unlike some figures who took a stand in history, he was uncomfortable with the controversy he created. Charles Darwin published the Origin finding it compatible with his faith, but many Christians didnt think that ...
All things considered, “A Wrinkle in Time” has many supporting themes but the main theme is courage. Courage from the characters shows up in almost every chapter. Peculiarly through Meg and Charles Wallace Murry. The courage shown in the two characters can relate to Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s journey and the Christianity framework. Courage shines through the whole novel and it is not hard to miss; it is what kept the children stick together and to complete their journey. Works Cited L’Engle, Madeleine. A Wrinkle in Time. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1962. Print.
