A Wrinkle in Time (REDO)

A Wrinkle in Time


There are three root ideas that really struck me while reading a wrinkle in time. 1) A battle being fought between good an evil. I feel like the story is describing something that I am a part of, not that I am drawn into the story, but that the story is about myself (the best books are like this).
2) The people fighting in this battle are children; symbols of honesty, fairness, kindness and compassion. The enemy that these children are opposing is unseeable and unexplainable. 
3.) Allusion. A literary technique that draws other widely known notions into the story in order to elucidate something within the text.

In an enjoyable way, I like this book. A wrinkle in time depicts a battle between good and evil, of which planet earth plays a small but important role. Since the majority of the story takes place off of earth, but is presented in a possible and tangible way (suspending disbelief), it is easy for the reader (lil’ sweet ol’ me) to believe that the story may actually be something ongoing that I am a part of.

A unique thing about a wrinkle in time is that is also uses a lot of allusion to make the reader connect to the theme in a personal way. The author incorporated descriptions of several famous people, such as Jesus, Eienstein, and Michelangelo, and said that these people were also part of the war being waged against evil, (or in the book as it is called, the dark thing) Incorporating world history into the theme further strengthens my place in the story, as I to am a member of world history.

There are also a lot of quotes incorporated into the text, such as "and a light shinieth in the darkness, and the darkness comprehends in not," How small the earth is too him who looks from heaven," "faith is the sister of justice", "nothing deters a good man from doing what is honorable". The quotes were usually attributed to an author, and knowing that other people in the world are thinking about such ideas helps me feel I am part of a bigger team, and that both a wrinkle in time and my own life are small snapshots of something larger.

I imagine that a lot of children’s literature sets up the reader to feel like they are a part of something bigger then themselves. How this is accomplished, is the appreciable art. The book must be written in such a way that it is believable, yet emblematic. It must be interesting, yet something the reader can relate to. A wrinkle in time is a good example of children’s literature because it accomplished both of these goals for me.