A Wrinkle in Time: The magic of love 《时间的皱纹》：爱的魔力

王燕宁

馬德琳·英格的小说《时间的皱纹》叙述的是15岁的女孩麦格寻找失踪的爸爸的故事。这本风格独特的书，激发了我们对爱的思索，对人文主义的关怀以及对快乐生活的展望。

A Wrinkle in Time begins by relating Megs personal struggles at school and her inability to fit in with the crowd. This is also a problem for her younger brother Charles Wallace. Both children are extraordinarily intelligent indeed.

Charles Wallace befriends a strange group of women living nearby—Mrs Whatsit， Mrs Who， and Mrs Which. These three ladies soon take the children on a strange journey， promising to help them rescue their father who has been missing for two years. One afternoon， after meeting Calvin near the ladies house， the three are swept off to Uriel， another planet， by wrinkling space and time.

On Uriel， the children are given a view of the Dark Thing， a massive blackness that threatens to overtake the universe. It is only the work of great figures that keeps the Dark Thing from overtaking earth. The ladies tell the children that this is what their father is fighting.

After a visit with the Happy Medium， an oracle（女祭司） who tells them what path they must follow， the children are taken to Camazotz， a planet overtaken by the Dark Thing. The chil?dren meet the Man who tries to hypnotize （对……施催眠术） them into following IT. Charles Wallace eventually gives in with the hope of defeating the Dark Force， but he is taken in by the powerful evil.

They are then taken to see Megs father who has been imprisoned by IT. After Meg heroically rescues him from his glass chamber， Charles Wallace， still under ITs influence， takes them to see this IT. IT tries to hypnotize both Calvin and Meg， but Mr Murry saves them both.

On another planet， Ixchel， Meg is healed by a giant beast called Aunt Beast. Aunt Beast shows her the meaning of true love and soon gives her the strength to save Charles Wallace. On  Camazotz， Meg confronts IT. Using love， the only power that IT does not have， Meg finally defeats IT. IT only uses the power of hate， but Megs love for her brother is stronger than the hate of IT. As she and the rescued Charles Wallace embrace， they are sent back to earth where they are reunited with their family.

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After reading this article， try to draw a mind map which includes the characters， plots， and theme of the novel A Wrinkle in Time.