A Wrinkle In Time Analysis

In Schneebaum’s article, she discusses how Aunt Beast filled the role of moral mother for Meg towards the end of A Wrinkle in Time and offered her non-verbal guidance to help her realize what she needed to do to save her brother. She does not comfort her, which tells her that she must be the one to save her brother (Schneebaum, 35). Just as Aunt Beast was a mother figure for her, she filled that role for her brother. Similar to Meg’s situation, Sinda finds a maternal figure in someone unexpected, a witch named Philantha. Although she has lacked someone to fill that role, such as, her actual mother and aunt, she finds it with someone else. She meets Philantha after she has tried to apply to a school for wizards, since she cannot get in, she

Not only does she help her with her magic lessons, but she also shares crucial information with Sinda that will be useful to her on her quest of finding the real Nalia and for her to her final sacrifice. She tells her about the connection that she has with the real princess because she has a part of her soul inside her. She explains that, she “will always feel that … current,” when she is near Nalia (O’Neal, 133). Not only does she explain the connection Sinda has with the princess, but that in order for the spell to continue to work on Orianne, the other fake princess, whoever is behind the plan must keep the real princess alive (O’Neal, 158). The theory of the connection Sinda has with the other fake princess and the real one, will lead to her performing a powerful spell that she casts that will give Mika, the true princess, back her soul in its entirety. She knows that she must return her whole soul to her in order for everyone to believe her, even if it hurts her in the process. Before performing the spell, she tries to remember what Philantha told her, “What had Philantha said?