Madeleine L'Engle faced life's challenges with pen and paper. She immerses herself in her writing and uses it to address her problems. She was only eighteen when her father died, and her young age caused her to view life in a very different way. His books are often centralized around a search for a father (Zarin). L'Engle used his fears for his father to create the worlds and struggles between good and evil in A Wrinkle in Time (Cotter 102). She uses younger children, such as Meg Murray and her younger brother Charles Wallace, as the main characters in A Wrinkle in Time to better connect with younger audiences (Hunter). Children tend to think more about the meaning of life and L'Engle was able to delve deeper into this topic in his novels (Zarin). Meg shows that the meaning of life comes from being loving and good and not being corrupted by evil and hatred. L'Engle states that "[in] A Wrinkle in Time, which most people know best, my name is Meg. » (Véronique). Since Meg is modeled after L'Engle, Meg is able to express some of L'Engle's deepest beliefs obtained through the difficulties of L'Engle's life, such as love conquers hate, struggle between good and evil and being an individual rather than conforming to societal norms. Meg is L'Engle's parallel in A Wrinkle in Time. L'Engle uses Meg to create a life she was never able to have (Zarin). L'Engle made life in his books seem more real than reality (Cotter 92). L'Engle makes Meg feel like she was at school, alone and excluded from the other students (Zarin). L'Engle thought she was stupid and clumsy and she made Meg feel that way too (Cotter 93). She pours feelings into Meg that she couldn't express herself. L'Engle makes Meg good at things she wasn't in school, suck...... middle of paper ......8. Print. Daly, Anne Carson. “L’Engle L’Engle: A Wrinkle in Time.” World & I. June 1995: 378. MAS Ultra-School Edition. EBSCO host. Internet. January 27, 2014. Hunter, Karen. “L’Engle L’Engle.” L'Engle L'Engle 2005: 1-2. MAS Ultra-School Edition. EBSCO host. Internet. January 27, 2014.L'Engle, L'Engle. “Focus on the story, not the readers…” Writer April 2010: p. 24-25. MAS Ultra-School Edition. EBSCO host. Internet. February 25, 2014. Schick, Elizabeth A., ed. Current biographical directory. vol 1997. New York: HW Wilson, 1997. 317-320. Print.Veronica, Sister Mary. “L’Engle L’Engle.” Book report November/December 94: p. 24. MAS Ultra-School Edition. EBSCO host. Internet. February 25, 2014. “Wonder Girl, Wonder Women: L’Engle L’Engle.” » New Moon Girls November/December 2009: 18-20. MAS Ultra-School Edition. EBSCO host. Internet. January 27, 2014.Zarin, Cynthia. “The Storyteller”. New Yorker December 4, 2014: n. page. newyorker.com and Web.February 19. 2014.