Meg L Engle: Character Analysis

Meg changes a lot from the beginning to the end of the book. She learns to be patient because you might not always get what you want at the exact moment you want to, and that there might be reason for it. She also learns to be brave and stand up for what is right, even though everybody else thinks it’s wrong or bad. In the beginning Meg was scared and confused, she didn’t know what to do because her mom wouldn’t explain anything to her and she didn’t know where or what had happened to her father, and she was getting mad about it. “‘Gets back from where? And when?’”(L’Engle 5). This explains how she didn’t know what was happening because she was questioning her mother a lot. She was also causing a lot of conflict between her and her Mom, because she got mad at her Mother when Meg found out and her Mom didn’t tell her. “School was all wrong. She got dropped down to the lower section in her grade.”(L’Engle 4). This shows how she wasn’t that good at school and maybe because she didn’t have as much support at home it was affecting her. …show more content…
She started to understand why her mom had been acting the way she did and why her mom did what she did. She is becoming more brave and demanding and in the story it says, “‘No,” Meg’s voice was flat. “Charles is right, Cal. We have to stay together.”(L’Engle 115). This shows how she isn’t shy and laid back anymore, because when they are in the magical world she is more willing to do things she normally probably wouldn’t have done. For example, it says, “‘Let’s try knocking anyhow,” Charles said. He raised his hand, but before he touched the door it slid up from the top and to each side, splitting into three sections that had been completely invisible a moment before.”(L’Engle 115) This displays how she is getting braver, because she agreed to go into a random building that she has no clue what will happen to