I am currently reading A Wrinkle in Time, and I am in the middle of the book. The main character in A Wrinkle in Time is Meg Murry, a twelve year old plain Jane who happens to be the hero. Meg's worst qualities,stubbornness and impatience, are the qualities that help Meg to defeat IT. For this reason I believe that Meg's worst and best qualities are the same. Madeleine L'Engle even states this, "“Meg, I give you your faults."
"My faults!" Meg cried.
"Your faults."
"But I'm always trying to get rid of my faults!""
Meg's stubbornness is especially noticeable while she's in school. At school Meg is called to the principal's office, again, and the principal tries to convince Meg to be more realistic, specifically about her father's whereabouts.
"“Meg, don't you think you'd make a better adjustment to life if you faced facts?"
I do face facts," Meg said.
They're lots easier to face than people, I can tell you.”"
In this example Meg refuses to let the principal tell her how to act and how to think. This proves to help Meg in the future when faced with IT, because while Charles Wallace listens to IT and becomes unable to form his own thoughts, Meg acts stubborn and avoids capture.
Meg's impatience, while eventually helpful, starts as, in her eyes, a fault. In this example Meg and Mrs. Which are having a conversation about Meg's father, that quickly turns sour. Meg is horribly impatient and doesn't want to find out for herself where her father is, she wants to know immediately.
"“We are going to your father," Mrs. Which said.
"But where is he?" Meg went over to Mrs. Which and stamped as though she were as young as Charles Wallace."
In this example Meg's impatience causes her to act foolishly, although by this point of the novel Meg is starting to realizes that her impatience, her faults, can be used to her advantage.
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