A Wrinkle In TimeA Wrinkle In Time is an example of great American literature. It's a plot-driven novel where something is always happening while an obstacle gets in the way. Most of the conflict that occurs in this book is person versus self and person versus supernatural. A certain aspect that is very prevalent in this book is love. This love takes the characters on the journey of their lives, with the sole purpose of finding their father. This background love is not recognized by the reader until the final pages, and ends up encompassing and explaining the entire novel. Meg Murray, the protagonist and the person from whom the reader learns her point of view, is the protagonist. He has a little brother, Charles Wallace, and two twin brothers, Sandy and Denny. Her mother is a guiding figure within the story and serves as a source of ambition for her daughter Meg. From reading the story we learn that Meg's father disappears from an extremely secret scientific project and is supposed to return, but hasn't for several years. Meg sees the pain that her mother and the rest of the family feel over the loss of her father and wants to help her find him. Meanwhile, feelings are mutual about whether their father is alive, but no one knows for sure. The characters begin to develop and we learn that Charles Wallace and Meg Murray are very close siblings, and Charles seems to have the ability to know when Meg or Meg Murray his mother is upset. He can also answer the questions his sister asks him, but they aren't actually said, almost as if he can read their minds. None other than little Charles Wallace demonstrates the first example of love expressed in this novel. During the dark and stormy night that opens the book, Meg is afraid of the wind and thunder and decides to go down for a cup of chocolate. Charles Wallace is already awake and has heated the milk for the chocolate. This, however, is not the only thing done by little Charles Wallace. "You put in more than double the milk." Meg looked into the pot. Charles Wallace nodded serenely. "I thought Mummy might like this a little"" (L'Engle 8). She even makes sandwiches for both Mrs. Murray and Meg. Charles Wallace is only five years old, yet he knows when his sister needs company and is happy to do something for the lady.