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.
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