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A Wrinkle In Time Meg Mrry Character Analysis
A Wrinkle in Time written by Madeline L’Engle is about a girl named Meg Murry, her little brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin O’Keefe who are normal kids and then they go out on a journey to go find Meg’s lost father. One main character in A Wrinkle in Time is Meg Murry. Meg Murry is a young and plain girl. She wears glasses and has braces. She thinks she is unattractive and doesn’t think good things about herself. In school she gets into trouble with her other classmates because she is different than them. She feels she doesn’t fit in because of the way that she looks and feels different than everyone else.

One of Meg’s weaknesses is that she has personal insecurities that stop her from fitting in with her peers. Meg’s insecurities

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