"A Wrinkle In Time" By Madeleine L'engle

We sometimes have feelings of doubt or hartred but just remember to always believe in yourself and others. The book “A Wrinkle in Time” by Madeleine L’engle is about a young self - doubting girl named Meg and this is a story of a really important time in her life. Meg has a little brother named Charles and a mother. She also has a father that she believes left her and her family. She later finds out that her father was taken away by thing dark force. Meg, Calvin, and, Charles meet three mysterious old woman Mrs. Who, Mrs. Whatsit, and Mrs. Which who came to help Meg find her father. This group goes on an adventure through all of these different dimensions including the tesseract. They finally get to a place somewhere in the galaxy where their father was help captive. Meg starts believing in herself and saves her father. Throughout the story we see that Meg’s relationships with others are very complex.
One way we see that Meg has complex relationships is Meg’s relationship against IT and the darkness. Everyone has similar and different qualities. We also all have emotions, some may be the same and some may be different. Hatred and anger are two emotions everyone has had before. These feelings make us do things we don’t really “want” to, it’s just in the moment. To break these feelings is love and happiness. For example in the book there is a force called IT. IT is a rhythm that people get hypnotized to, that makes them feel this hatred and makes them do things under its power. Charles gets hypnotized and Meg has to save him, but doesn’t know how to. On page 227 Meg says “What is it that I have got that IT hasn’t got?”. Meg struggles with this problem then it hits her. Love. Love can save Charles, love can defeat IT. Meg starts to truly express her love towards her brother and in the end saves him. Now the dark shadow symbolizes evil and all the evil in the world. This darkness is the reason Meg’s father is gone, it is “trapping” him so he can’t get out into the real world. When Meg, Calvin, and Charles first see the dark thing they know there is something wrong. Charles says [page 82] “Make it go away. It’s evil.” The darkness and IT both represent the badness and hatred that is in our world we see now that Meg has a strong complex relationship with these figures that she might have to believe in herself to fight them.
Another example where we see that Meg has complex relationships within the story is the relationship between Meg and her father. At the beginning of the story Meg thought her father left her. She had mixed emotions about this. She was really sad about the disappearance of her father but at the same time she is mad that he left their family alone without even telling them anything. Meg expresses these feelings to Calvin, [page 59] “[calvin says] You haven’t heard anything at all [about your father?] no [Meg said] nothing. Her voice was heavy with misery.” This confirms for the reader that Meg’s father is gone and she is miserable. This is a controversial issue in the real world today. But what Meg didn’t know is that her father didn’t leave her. He was taken by the darkness. On page 54 Mrs. Which says “he [your father] is behind the darkness so that even you can’t see him” This darkness can also represent this feeling of something blocking Meg from seeing her father. The only reason her dad is gone is this evil that keeps him away from her. 
A final reason that shows the complexity of Meg’s relationships, is the relationship with herself. A big issue in this book is self - doubt. Kids at her school think of her as this stupid and dumb girl. Because people think of her like this she pretends to be that girl they think she is. She has done this for so long that she has started believing that she is that girl. An example of this is when she is talking to her father about Charles she says [page 14]“ I don’t want him to grow up to be dumb like me.” This line is showing the reader that Meg doubts herself and doesn’t think highly of herself. This is a problem later in the book because when she has to go back to IT to save Charles she thinks she can’t do it. on page 215 Meg’s says “I can’t! you know I can’t!” But in the end she starts to believe in herself and successfully saves Charles and her dad.
In conclusion We now see that Meg has some complexity within her relationships with IT, her father, and herself. These relationships also teach Meg, as well as the reader, lessons we can use in our lives. Sometimes we get mad and it makes us do things we don’t plan to but it’s just in the heat of the moment.  Most importantly the book teaches us to always have self confidence and BELIEVE.