Comparing The Novel And Movie: A Wrinkle In Time

Madeleine L’Engle once said, “We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts.” A Wrinkle In Time is about a girl named Meg Murry, whose father was being held against his will in another universe, on a planet called Camazotz. After being introduced to three mysterious women known as the Miss W’s, Meg is joined by her classmate Calvin O’keefe and her younger brother Charles Wallace embark on a journey to Camazotz to find her father. The book A Wrinkle In Time is better than the movie; this is due to the plot, setting and dialogue.

The book A Wrinkle In Time is better than the movie because of the plot. One example of how the book’s plot is better is when the Calvin, Meg and Charles Wallace were transported to Camazotz. On page 115 it says, “Then, all at once, they saw the same thing, and stopped to watch. In front of one of the houses stood a little boy with a ball, and he was bouncing it.

One example of how the setting is better in the book is where the children met the man with red eyes. On page 61 it says, “Meg stared at the man in horrified fascination. His eyes were bright and had a reddish glow. Above his head was a light, and it glowed in the same manner as the eyes, pulsing, throbbing, in steady rhythm” this occured in CENTRAL central intelligence, where everything is exactly the same at all times, which nods towards Camazotz’s theme of conformity. However, in the movie the children meet the man with the red eyes on the beach, and at the beach nothing is in sync like the rest of Camazotz.This evidence shows that the book is better because, the children meeting the man with the red eyes in CENTRAL Central Intelligence was clearly organized. In the movie, the children meet The Man With The Red Eyes at the beach, which doesn’t tie together with A Wrinkle In Time’s underlying theme of conformity. Yet another reason the book is superior is the dialogue shared between