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Meg To Calvin O Keefe's A Wrinkle In Time

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Progression. What do love, hope, possibility, goodness, and individuality all have in common? The ability to integrate together and help humanity progress as a whole in a broad spectrum. For centuries, society has built its way of living around these essential concepts and life without them would simply be, dysfunctional. The word dystopian would be a perfect representation of this world without these fundamental concepts within existence. Imagine, a world without these imperative concepts, what would life without love, hope, possibility, goodness, and individuality be like? This question would be in perfect harmony to be answered by the Newberry Award winning book, A Wrinkle In Time. The malicious darkness surrounding the universe in Madeleine …show more content…

` From the dawn of mankind, individuality and possibility have shaped the course of human history as it stands. Ranging from great scientists like Einstein to talented artists like Leonardo DaVinci, the world thrives off of individuality and hope for progression in our lives. Calvin O’Keefe and Meg shared a similar experience with the concepts of individuality and hope. As quoted in the book by Meg to Calvin, “Remember Mrs.Whatsit said your gift was communication and that was what she was giving you…, Can’t you try to get to him?” As it's shown, Meg hopes for Calvin to use his skilled communication to resuscitate Charles Wallace from his trance-like state. In this quoted phrase, Calvin’s distinguished communication skills could potentially save Charles Wallace from IT and its malevolent intentions. This displayed the individuality of Calvin as he used his most notable attribute to make a difference. The affair of individuality is no different from the real world; humans have persistently been using their individualities to make a difference in society. For instance, all army personnel who devotes his or her life for their country share a very distinguished …show more content…

The relationship between Meg and Charles Wallace was no different when put to the ultimate test in front of a deceiving evil. As quoted by Meg in Chapter 12, “I love you. Charles Wallace, you are my darling and my dear and the light of my life and the treasure of my heart. I love you. I love you. I love you...Then suddenly he was running, pelting, he was in her arms, he was shrieking with sobs”. When Meg was on Ixchel recovering from her most recent battle with the black thing, she had come to the realization that she must go back to Camazotz alone to hopefully salvage what was left of Charles Wallace from under the influence of IT. As she left Ixchel, Meg was informed that she possessed a power that IT did not. This power would be the key to defeating IT and all its wickedness. As Meg confronted IT and Charles Wallace for what felt like the final time, she realized that love was the separation factor between Meg and IT. IT was not capable of showing or giving love to anyone or anything. This is what prompted the constantly repeated phrase, “I love you”, from Meg to Charles Wallace. As Meg hoped for a miracle, Charles snapped out of his trance-like state and embraced Meg in an ocean worth of tears. IT had been defeated by a simple, yet such an influential concept. The universe of A Wrinkle In Time was now free of all evil, negativity and bad things because of two very

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