Wednesday, November 20, 2002
A Wrinkle in Time
This one's about an adventure experienced by Meg Murry, a teenage girl whose father is missing. He was a scientist off working on a government project and, about two years before the tale begins, he suddenly stopped writing home. As the story progresses, Meg, her brother, Charles Wallace, and one of her schoolmates, Calvin O'Keefe, encounter three odd women who end up transporting them to a distant world to try and rescue Meg's father, who is apparently a victim of an experiment gone awry. It's a tale with a Christian worldview, with a definite conflict between good and evil. However, it came off as a pale imitation of C. S. Lewis. It took me a while to figure out what's lacking--and that was a lack of God. In Lewis' Narnia series, God, in the person of Aslan, is a main player. He often starts and finishes the tale and helps the protaganists along. In Wrinkle, God's nowhere to be seen. The heroes have some supernatural help, but essentially are left to rely on their own strengths. It's a subtle difference, but quite noticeable. I was not as impressed with this tale as was Gene Veith, but I would still recommend it as good waiting room material.
Labels: WaitingRoomMaterial
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