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.