A Wrinkle in Time Literary Conflict
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A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Lesson Plans by Bridget Baudinet
A Wrinkle in Time tells the story of the Murry family’s adventure to save their father from the clutches of evil while traveling through space and discovering a host of unique creatures along the way.
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A Wrinkle in Time Literary Conflict | Have students identify and illustrate different types of literary conflict in A Wrinkle in Time.
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- MAN vs MAN
- MAN vs SELF
- I can't go! I can't! You know I can't!
- MAN vs SOCIETY
- MAN vs SUPERNATURAL
- Meg struggles to get along with her peers. On the way home from school, she gets into a fight with a classmate who calls Charles Wallace "dumb".
- Meg struggles with self-doubt. She believes she is a failure academically and socially. When she is called upon to face IT on Camazotz, she must overcome her doubts in order to succeed.
- On Camazotz, all citizens are expected to act and think the same. The young boy who bounces his ball out of rhythm is forced to practice bouncing it properly at CENTRAL Central Intelligence. With each bounce, he feels a stab of pain as punishment.
- The Murrys, Calvin, and the three Mrs. W's fight an evil supernatural force. This evil is represented in multiple ways: the Dark Thing, the Man with the Red Eyes, and IT. The protagonists use love and hope to fight this evil, but can't destroy it completely.
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