I agree that Meg realizes that hatred and fear won’t help her or solve anything but she learns that love is much better then hatred and it more powerful and very positive feeling to have. It is hard to fight hatred and fear with hatred and fear; it will just absorb each other. That is good to learn love and use it rather than hatred.
The Outsiders and A Wrinkle in Time are two completely different books but have some similarities. What make the books different is the story lines like The Outsiders is about a kid named Ponyboy and his gang of greasers and A Wrinkle of Time is about a girl name Meg, who isn’t the brightest child, on a dangerous journey to find her farther with her younger brother Charles Wallace and Calvin O’Keefe. Even though the story lines are different, they do have some similarities between the books like they are both science fiction books.
A Wrinkle in Time is also similar to 1948; the only thing that makes them similar is the government systems. On the planet of Camazotz, the government called the IT controls everyone and made sure everyone will stay tune with the brainwashing of IT. If anyone doesn’t stay tuned or stay under the rule of IT, he or she will be taken it to get an adjustment or in other words, brainwashing. Another way how IT has control over their people is by looking into the man with the red eyes or the light or else “he’ll hypnotize you (134).” With 1984, if anyone disobeys the rule or rebel against Big Brother by thinking or any other way, they would be arrested and will be force against their will to never do those actions against Big Brother and brainwashed to devote themselves to Big Brother. So they are similar because of the government that were in each books have control over the people by brainwashing.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
3rd Post of A Wrinkle in Time-Theme
I think that the author wrote about Charles Wallace character not only to make readers perceive him but also to show how the youngest can be the wise. As you said in your post, Charles Wallace acts for mature and is very smart then his average age.
Another theme of this book is good versus evil. Meg, Calvin, and Charles Wallace went on a dangerous journey to find Meg and Charles Wallace farther who is prisoned by The Dark Thing. Not only will they encounter the evil The Dark Thing but they will also encounter the IT and the Red Eye Man who are all evil. They had to fight these evil people or things to bring home Meg and Charles Wallace Farther since he has been gone for years. Throughout the book, Meg faced evil and face even more dangerous evil on her life or death journey to save her farther with Charles Wallace and Calvin. The guy with the red eyes appears “in horrified fascination…His eyes were bright and had a reddish glow. Above his head was a light, and it glowed in the same manner as the eyes, pulsing, throbbing, in steady rhythm. (134)” That seems to make you pretty evil you have red eyes. And that the fact he can hypnotize you to fall under his control and IT.
The last theme that I could find that we hasn’t been mention or declared as a theme is love and that love can conquer anything. Towards the end of the book, Meg used love to save her younger brother Charles Wallace from IT and The Dark Thing. Just overall, it is what love that won the battle against darkness. And it was bring happiness into Meg’s life again after being filled with hatred. It is what love that brings her and family back together after rescuing her farther, saving her from being filled with hatred.
Another theme of this book is good versus evil. Meg, Calvin, and Charles Wallace went on a dangerous journey to find Meg and Charles Wallace farther who is prisoned by The Dark Thing. Not only will they encounter the evil The Dark Thing but they will also encounter the IT and the Red Eye Man who are all evil. They had to fight these evil people or things to bring home Meg and Charles Wallace Farther since he has been gone for years. Throughout the book, Meg faced evil and face even more dangerous evil on her life or death journey to save her farther with Charles Wallace and Calvin. The guy with the red eyes appears “in horrified fascination…His eyes were bright and had a reddish glow. Above his head was a light, and it glowed in the same manner as the eyes, pulsing, throbbing, in steady rhythm. (134)” That seems to make you pretty evil you have red eyes. And that the fact he can hypnotize you to fall under his control and IT.
The last theme that I could find that we hasn’t been mention or declared as a theme is love and that love can conquer anything. Towards the end of the book, Meg used love to save her younger brother Charles Wallace from IT and The Dark Thing. Just overall, it is what love that won the battle against darkness. And it was bring happiness into Meg’s life again after being filled with hatred. It is what love that brings her and family back together after rescuing her farther, saving her from being filled with hatred.
2nd post for A Wrinkle in Time-Banned book
I agree that the book teaches the readers that being different from everyone else are a good thing because it is an important trait of human characteristics of having something unique that makes from being the same as everyone else.
Even though this is a good book to read even for kids, it is consider a banned book. People have challenged this book to be banned because religious reasons like the use of witchcraft in the book. In the book, there is use the use of a crystal ball, time traveling, and telepathy not to mention that Mrs. Who, Mrs. Whatsit, and Mrs. Not only is the Mrs. W’s the only witches in the books, but there is a medium who is dresses in a “beautiful pale mauve silk, and a long, flowing, purple satin gown, In her hands was a crystal ball (96)." There are some versus from the bible on page 77. There are also other references to versus from the bible People who believe in religion would think it is offensive to use versus in a science fiction that has some witch craft in the book since witch craft. Witch craft is consider sinful because people who believe in religion think it is worshiping the devil. The book is mostly just banned for is because the use of magic in the book and the religious content too. By having some religion in the book with a mix of science fiction makes it show a bad example of religion.
I don’t think that A Wrinkle in Time should be a banned book. The only reason it is banned or challenge is because of religion but there is nothing really bad in the content. I get why some people wouldn’t like the content in the book but they shouldn’t challenge it just because they don’t like it.
Even though this is a good book to read even for kids, it is consider a banned book. People have challenged this book to be banned because religious reasons like the use of witchcraft in the book. In the book, there is use the use of a crystal ball, time traveling, and telepathy not to mention that Mrs. Who, Mrs. Whatsit, and Mrs. Not only is the Mrs. W’s the only witches in the books, but there is a medium who is dresses in a “beautiful pale mauve silk, and a long, flowing, purple satin gown, In her hands was a crystal ball (96)." There are some versus from the bible on page 77. There are also other references to versus from the bible People who believe in religion would think it is offensive to use versus in a science fiction that has some witch craft in the book since witch craft. Witch craft is consider sinful because people who believe in religion think it is worshiping the devil. The book is mostly just banned for is because the use of magic in the book and the religious content too. By having some religion in the book with a mix of science fiction makes it show a bad example of religion.
I don’t think that A Wrinkle in Time should be a banned book. The only reason it is banned or challenge is because of religion but there is nothing really bad in the content. I get why some people wouldn’t like the content in the book but they shouldn’t challenge it just because they don’t like it.
Monday, January 16, 2012
1st post for A Wrinkle in Time-Analysis of Meg
In the begging of the book, Meg wears glasses and braces that is stubborn and defines her from others and thinks she is dumb, even though, she is capable of being smart to. What prevent her from being smart is that “she gets sullen and stubborn and sets up a fine mental block for herself (50).” She hates herself for being different from everyone else the one who doesn’t have and isn’t the smartest in her family and at school. It seems like she keeps her distance from other people since she is different from other people like when she choices to have her room up in the attic. I think that she believes that she is against the whole world.
Meg isn’t the only odd ball out of her family; Charles Wallace is also different like Meg. How they are similar to each other is because they are both considered different from everyone else but are very smart in their own way. Charles Wallace is very smart and seems to know everything like he can predict the future.
I think that Meg doubts herself more then she needs too because not all people think she isn’t beautiful or smart, Calvin. When Calvin and Meg were talking on top of a wall by Meg’s house in the night, Calvin commented to Meg “you know what, you’ve got dream-boat eyes…I don’t think I want anybody else to see what gorgeous eyes you have (61)” This shows Meg that even though she has braces and wears glass doesn’t mean that all people will think she is ugly like Calvin. I think towards the end of the book, I think that Meg will realize the potential she has and make her become mature at the end of the book, increasing her self-esteem since in the beginning of the book.
I agree that one of themes of this book is one self since in the beginning of the book, Meg didn’t want to be herself but as the book progress, she like to be herself and wasn’t afraid to be different.
Meg isn’t the only odd ball out of her family; Charles Wallace is also different like Meg. How they are similar to each other is because they are both considered different from everyone else but are very smart in their own way. Charles Wallace is very smart and seems to know everything like he can predict the future.
I think that Meg doubts herself more then she needs too because not all people think she isn’t beautiful or smart, Calvin. When Calvin and Meg were talking on top of a wall by Meg’s house in the night, Calvin commented to Meg “you know what, you’ve got dream-boat eyes…I don’t think I want anybody else to see what gorgeous eyes you have (61)” This shows Meg that even though she has braces and wears glass doesn’t mean that all people will think she is ugly like Calvin. I think towards the end of the book, I think that Meg will realize the potential she has and make her become mature at the end of the book, increasing her self-esteem since in the beginning of the book.
I agree that one of themes of this book is one self since in the beginning of the book, Meg didn’t want to be herself but as the book progress, she like to be herself and wasn’t afraid to be different.
The Last Post to A Wrinkle in Time...Yay!!!!
Molly Walsh
Post 8 (Post 4 for A Wrinkle in Time)
January 16, 2012
In A Wrinkle in Time, there was a lot of talk about family and love and in the end it is what saved Meg, Charles Wallace, and everyone else from IT.
Even if Meg was having a rough time in her life, she knew she could rely on her family to love her and be there with her. She had a special connection to Charles Wallace that no one else quite had. It was like she got him, even if she didn’t realize it. There was also Meg’s love for her father. Despite the fact that he was missing, she still loved him and had faith that he was alright. Her love for him eventually caused him to be rescued. Meg and Calvin came to love each other, too. As they got to know one another on their strange travels, it seemed as if they fell in love, which was actually a really cute part of the story. I was rooting for them. Anyway, the family had really close bonds and were able to defeat the evil brain, otherwise known as IT because their love outweighed IT’s cruelness and need for control. Because of Meg’s love for Charles Wallace, she was able to overcome IT’s creepy mind control over him. She stays tough, even though the IT controlled Charles Wallace is trying to drag her to the dark side. She comes to see that IT only has hatred and things that would rip people apart, but he doesn’t have love. She knows the only way to defeat IT was to have her love outweigh IT’s hate and oppression, and it worked. Through the love of Charles Wallace and the rest of her family, Meg overcame evil and could live in peace with all who loved her, again.
Charles Wallace and Calvin--Another Wrinkle in Time Post
Molly Walsh
Post 7 (Post 3 for A Wrinkle in Time)
January 16, 2012
For this post, I want to discuss the characters Calvin and Charles Wallace. They are two of the main characters in the book and they have very complex parts to them.
Calvin, at the surface level, is athletic and is pretty popular. Meg never saw him as anything more as a jock. As they get to know each other, though, realizes that he has it tougher than she ever would have guessed. His family doesn’t care for him, but he has to take care of them and he even loves them. He also isn’t really himself as part of the in crowd. He mentions while in the living room of Meg’s house, “Sure, I can function on the same level as everybody else, I can hold myself down, but it isn’t me.” He was just a lonely person in a happy shell until he met Meg. As a reader, it is clear that he just wants a sense of belonging because he has been neglected by his family for so long. He was a really good pair for Meg, too. It seemed like he was able to get her even though they weren’t the most predictable match.
Charles Wallace, Meg’s little brother, was a strange and fascinating character. Even though he was only five, he was super smart and just got his surroundings. He seemed to have a sixth sense to him, something uncanny about him. As it turns out he talked to and was friends with exploding stars, so that explains a lot. Still, it was like he was born to save worlds and talk with beings that shouldn’t exist. He was mature and even though he wasn't able to maintain total strength throughout the book, he was able to be turned good again by Meg. It seemed like he was older than he was, almost like he was an adult which I think was supposed to be the way the reader was to perceive him.
Why Was This Book Banned???--Another Wrinkle in Time Post
Molly Walsh
Post 6 (Post 2 for A Wrinkle in Time)
January 16, 2012
I couldn’t figure out why this book was banned schools, parents, or teachers. There was no violence or inappropriateness in the book, so it is puzzling why it was challenged. Unlike The Outsiders I could imagine this book being read by young children. There are multiple meanings that a person could get as a child and as an adult. As I did some research I found out that it was challenged in some schools because it supposedly sent an anti-Christian message, but I actually disagree with that. A Wrinkle in Time shows strong themes of love and being one’s self. It was also challenged because the story endorses witchcraft and crystal balls. That was just a weird, strange reason for it to be banned because it is an obviously fictional book and it presents itself as nothing else but fantasy.
A theme I found is living life and staying true to one’s self. Meg, at the beginning of the book was stuck in her life. Her father was missing and everyone was telling her he left his family for someone else. She was failing her classes because she didn’t apply herself and her teachers weren’t much of a help, actually, they probably should have gotten fired for some of what they said. For example, Mr. Jenkins telling Meg about her father running away with his secretary. That was totally weird and it was definitely not his place to be telling her or asking her about that.
To make it all worse, her peers were bashing her little brother because of his intelligence. Meg tried to carry on as best she could, but things go a little too heavy for her to handle. Through her journey in space and finding her father, Meg was able to truly liver her life. She also came to the conclusion that not being herself and selling out to other people wouldn’t grant her happiness in life. This book teaches people that there is nothing wrong with being different from everyone else. It’s important to have unique qualities from everyone else, otherwise one would end up like the people on Camazots.
Being Yourself--A Wrinkle in Time Post
Molly Walsh
Post 5 (Post 1 for A Wrinkle in Time)
January 16, 2012
A Wrinkle in Time was a delightful book filled with a magical plot, really compelling characters, and a creepy evil brain bad guy. This book was really meaningful and it had a lot of deeper layers that could be read into. While reading this book, I found it was a coming of age story for Meg, who was in a really tough spot in her life. Nothing was going right because her father was gone and everyone was giving her a rough time at school. She didn’t really have anyone to rely one other than her brother, Charles Wallace. As she traveled through space to the different planets, she seemed to grow stronger and more capable. It was like she realized her strengths and that there was more to life than her jerky principal. She grew as a character throughout the book and as she went through her crazy adventure, she became more confident to be her own person even if no one else approves.
Being one’s self was a strong theme in the book. We soon found out that Meg, and the Murray family as a whole was always a little different and their small New England town did not always appreciate their differences. The children always made fun of Meg and her little brother Charles Wallace, and then Meg beat up the bullies. That would send her to the principal’s office, where he was unsympathetic and even took part in the spreading of the rumors that were going around town about Meg’s father. Even though there was so much pressure to be normal, Meg stayed herself and liked her family for what they were.
As the book progressed, there was a time when Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin traveled to the planet, Camazots, where everyone was exactly the same and no one could step out of the role that they were given. This part illustrated a world where no one was an individual and how tragic that would be. Meg realized that being herself was far better than living in fear of being different.
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