Robbinsdale School Board,
Seeing that you value keeping students safe and educated, a book that may be vital for the growth of high school students is A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle published in 1962. It is a story that follows Meg Murry, her brother Charles Wallace, and their new friend, Calvin O’Keefe. The book begins on Earth, and later the main characters travel through space and time on an exciting adventure in hopes of saving Meg’s father. They travel to various planets such as Uriel, the Happy Medium, Camazotz, and finally Ixchel before returning to Camazotz to save Charles from the evil IT and returning to Earth. A reason people wish to ban it is due to the fact that God is mentioned alongside science, something that wouldn’t …show more content…
Witchcraft is a controversial topic due to Christianity believing that witchcraft is simply the evil work of the devil done on Earth. There are three witches in the story, and their incorporation in the story may be considered iniquitous to some people of a certain religious belief. There is proof of witchcraft, including “With a gesture both delicate and strong Mrs. Whatsit knelt in front of the children, stretching her wings wide and holding them steady,” this is the part of the story when one of the witches turns into a different creature to aid the children (L'Engle 63). This might scare the characters slightly, but it was necessary to help them through their new environment. The witches Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Witch are unquestionably helpful and they teach the kids. They help the kids find their father by changing into different creatures to help them travel. “Outwardly Mrs. Whatsit was surely no longer a Mrs. Whatsit. She was a marble white body with powerful flanks[...],” Mrs. Whatsit turned into a magnificent creature to help the kids (L'Engle 62).The readers can enjoy the story without being offended or encouraged to become a witch so the witches in the story will not cause problems with readers of our age …show more content…
The main character, Meg, needs to save her brother and her father, and she knows love is the only way to do so. This book teaches you how important love is and how much it can save people regardless of the situation even if it’s difficult. “Love. That was what she had that IT did not have,” Meg knows she has to defeat IT to save her little brother, who is the smartest person she knows,. Although he is intelligent, he wasn’t clever enough to outsmart IT, Consequently Meg was afraid he would be lost forever. As she approaches IT she realizes the best thing she can do is love IT for IT can not love. The best and only way to defeat IT is with love for her brother and she succeeds (L'Engle 198). This can teach readers that even though life is tough, as long as you have love, you can overcome any
Seeing that you value keeping students safe and educated, a book that may be vital for the growth of high school students is A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle published in 1962. It is a story that follows Meg Murry, her brother Charles Wallace, and their new friend, Calvin O’Keefe. The book begins on Earth, and later the main characters travel through space and time on an exciting adventure in hopes of saving Meg’s father. They travel to various planets such as Uriel, the Happy Medium, Camazotz, and finally Ixchel before returning to Camazotz to save Charles from the evil IT and returning to Earth. A reason people wish to ban it is due to the fact that God is mentioned alongside science, something that wouldn’t …show more content…
Witchcraft is a controversial topic due to Christianity believing that witchcraft is simply the evil work of the devil done on Earth. There are three witches in the story, and their incorporation in the story may be considered iniquitous to some people of a certain religious belief. There is proof of witchcraft, including “With a gesture both delicate and strong Mrs. Whatsit knelt in front of the children, stretching her wings wide and holding them steady,” this is the part of the story when one of the witches turns into a different creature to aid the children (L'Engle 63). This might scare the characters slightly, but it was necessary to help them through their new environment. The witches Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Witch are unquestionably helpful and they teach the kids. They help the kids find their father by changing into different creatures to help them travel. “Outwardly Mrs. Whatsit was surely no longer a Mrs. Whatsit. She was a marble white body with powerful flanks[...],” Mrs. Whatsit turned into a magnificent creature to help the kids (L'Engle 62).The readers can enjoy the story without being offended or encouraged to become a witch so the witches in the story will not cause problems with readers of our age …show more content…
The main character, Meg, needs to save her brother and her father, and she knows love is the only way to do so. This book teaches you how important love is and how much it can save people regardless of the situation even if it’s difficult. “Love. That was what she had that IT did not have,” Meg knows she has to defeat IT to save her little brother, who is the smartest person she knows,. Although he is intelligent, he wasn’t clever enough to outsmart IT, Consequently Meg was afraid he would be lost forever. As she approaches IT she realizes the best thing she can do is love IT for IT can not love. The best and only way to defeat IT is with love for her brother and she succeeds (L'Engle 198). This can teach readers that even though life is tough, as long as you have love, you can overcome any