Wrinkle In Time - Favorite Character

In our class we're reading "Wrinkle In Time" by Madeleine L'Engle. I read this last year, but I dont mind because I love it. We have to write whos your fav character, why, blah blah blah, stuff like that. Since shes reading our blog, Ill write here. : )

My favorite character is Charles Wallace Murry.

He is young, about 5-ish. People think he is slow so they either pity him or insult him. He doesnt care and he is the opposite of what they think. He is a genius and kind and seems to read his mother's and his older sister Meg's mind. He can keep up an intelligent conversation with people he likes and is mature. One example is when Meg comes down from her room, scared and Charles is waiting for her, even heating up the milk for her already. He also knows his mom would come down because he heated up extra milk. Charles is 5 and his word of the day is "exclusive". Meg and their mom trust Charles Wallace enough to use a knife to make sandwiches. Here is a snippet from the book that reflects on Charles Wallace's maturity and intelligence, from Meg's point of view.

"How did Charles Wallace always know about her? How could he always tell? He knew never knew- or seemed to care- what Dennys or Sandy was thinking. It was his mother's mind, and Meg's that he probed with frightening accuracy. Was it because people were a little afraid of him when they whispered about the Murry's youngest child? '- the baby boy certainly arent all there.' It was true that Charles Wallace seldom spoke when anybody was around, so that many people thought that he never learned how to talk. -people looked at him and clucked, shaking their heads sadly. -Charles Wallace began to speak, suddenly, with none of the usual baby preliminaries, using entire sentences."

This clearly shows how deep and mature Charles Wallace is. Here is another excerpt from the book that shows Charles scolding an adult.

"'No,' Charles said. Now you musn't give in to her mother, or I shall be very angry.' 'Mrs. Whatsit,' Charles demanded severly, 'why did you take Mrs. Buncombe's sheets?' 'You must return them at once.' ' It was very wrong of you.' 'If you needed sheets so badly you should've asked me.'"

Here is a quote Charles Wallace quoted in the story.

"The road in hell is paved with good intentions."

He shouldn't even know about that quote in his age, nevermind knowing what it means. He shows intelligence way beyond his age and is unaffected to what others say about him. He is kind and can handle unusual situations. This is why I like Charles Wallace Murry.