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Fret not children, for we have returned!
Vultures book club is back to parse Madeline LEnglesA Wrinkle in Time.
Now, with the whole book read, were ready to discussMrs.
Which, Mrs. Whatsit, the missing Dr. Alex Murry, and Megs earnest journey to self-acceptance.
Alex:Alright, Hunter.
Who (or Which or Whatsit) was your favorite part?
Which, a trio of offbeat celestial beings.
Conceptually, I love that the most powerful beings in the universe are a trio of quirky women.
Which is my favorite.
Mrs. Whos quotations were fun details, too.
That said, Aunt Beast is my favorite fantasy character sinceLast Jedis judgmental fish nuns!
Aunt Beast sings, she soothes, she doesnt adhere to time.
I stan an advanced creature!
Who was your favorite character, Alex?
The beasts have no eyes!
And yet it becomes clear that they are able to see or perceive far beyond human capacity.
Theyre beyond language, even, and our puny words cant contain or capture them.
For the things which are seen are temporal.
But the things which are not seen are eternal.
This gets at the most interesting thing about the book to me, which was its Christian sensibility.
Hunter:Its telling to see how this books relationship to Christianity is being constantly rewritten.
This story is a rescue mission across space and time to find the missing Dr. Alex Murry.
Once Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin find him, though, everything doesnt immediately snap into place.
Everything kept getting worse and worse.
(189) I double underlined that line, I liked it so much.
The gods are fallen and all safety gone.
Where her father failed, Meg found her strength.
In a perverse way, I liked how much of a brat Meg was.
She loves Charles Wallace!
Hunter:Ah, yes.
Its been a long time since Ive thought about Harry Potter.)
I too love abratty girls coming-of-agestory, and Megs doesnt disappoint.
Mrs. Whatsit loves me, Meg thinks to herself as she approaches CENTRAL Central Intelligence, which houses IT.
Thats quite something, to be loved by someone like Mrs. Whatsit.
So what if its a very Oprah moment!
I believe in it.
