In A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle, the main character, Meg Murry, develops into a strong, independent person.
At the beginning of the novel, Meg is an insecure person and no one really likes her or her little brother. On pages 8-9 in the book it says “That morning one of her teachers said crossly, “Really Meg, I don't understand how a child with parents as brilliant as yours are supposed to be such a poor student. If you don't manage to do a little better you’ll have to stay back next year.” Another quote from the novel also says, “And on the way home from school, walking up the road, with her arms full of books, one of the boys had said something about her “dumb little brother.” At this time she’d thrown the books on the side of the