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What do you guys think of the principal, Mr. Jenkins? Why is he so into Meg's personal business?? Stop being so nosy, DUDE!
Mr. Jenkins kept pestering Meg until she lost it and then he yelled at her for losing it. WHO'S SIDE IS HE ON?!
Anybody know what gaily means!?!?!
I don't get why everyone keeps bringing up Meg's father. I mean don't they get its a sore subject for Meg?
I think it means with merriment; merrily; joyfully; cheerfully.
Olivia613 wrote: "Mr. Jenkins kept pestering Meg until she lost it and then he yelled at her for losing it. WHO'S SIDE IS HE ON?!"Pestering is an awesome lively word. I am adding it to my lively word list!
Elise wrote: "Olivia613 wrote: "Mr. Jenkins kept pestering Meg until she lost it and then he yelled at her for losing it. WHO'S SIDE IS HE ON?!"Pestering is an awesome lively word. I am adding it to my lively ..."
I love the word "unceremoniously" I don't know why, it's just an awesome word.
Elise wrote: "Olivia613 wrote: "Mr. Jenkins kept pestering Meg until she lost it and then he yelled at her for losing it. WHO'S SIDE IS HE ON?!"Pestering is an awesome lively word. I am adding it to my lively ..."
Same! I also like the word inexcusable.
Here is a quote from the passage that can be completely improved: "Or was it a Thing in itself?" What does the author not get about the fact that the word "thing" ISN'T A LIVELY WORD?!
Olivia, I almost think the author uses "thing" so much to describe the shadow because the author is trying to show that the shadow is unexplainable. It is a mystery to the readers so you can envision it yourself. I still agree though that she could have used a more lively word.
Well, if a kid is talking then you can forgive them because they don't know any better. But I do agree that Madeleine uses the word "thing" too much to describe something.
It was creative of the author to make Calvin say: ""Mrs. Whatsit & Co."". (L' Engle 172)
The book has been great! I am now on chapter eleven! Does anyone agree?
There's some that are really well written and keep me on the edge of my seat, and there are some parts that make me almost put the book down and "take a break" if you know what I mean.
Sorry, some parts.
I do have to agree with you but the author define tyke put a lot of effort into this book.
A agree with you Julia, not all of the parts have to have you on the edge of you seat but they at least have to be enjoyable.
Natalia wrote: "A agree with you Julia, not all of the parts have to have you on the edge of you seat but they at least have to be enjoyable." I also agree with Julia and Natalia because waiting for things to pick up has not had me on the edge of my seat.
Who was satisfied with the ending? I know I wasn't. Meg just magically appeared in Dennys and Sandy's vegetable garden. It didn't make any sense. Personally, I thought the ending happened too quickly. L'Engle could have spent some more time describing the conclusion better.
I agree, L'Engle should have put more time into it. It seemed as though L'Engle got sick of writing the book and just summed it up to be done with. Although there are more books in the series, so maybe she wanted to end with a cliffhanger.
The ending was weird because all of a sudden they were back home and I had to re-read to get it.
Yeah i agree, i don't know how they got home. There's another book, I think there's three other.
-juliamcn- wrote: "Who was satisfied with the ending? I know I wasn't. Meg just magically appeared in Dennys and Sandy's vegetable garden. It didn't make any sense. Personally, I thought the ending happened too quick..."I thought somehow I had missed some piece of information on how they reappeared in Sandy and Dennys vegetable garden but apparently I was wrong. Authors do shorten the ending of a book especially when it is one in a series. They want to leave of in a place where the reader can easily catch up with the storyline.
Thank you! That explains it all.
Elise wrote: "Yeah i agree, i don't know how they got home. There's another book, I think there's three other."Yeah! Meg, Calvin, and Mr. Murray never got to defeat the shadow thing. Oh, by the way, what a surprising ending. It ended too fast. After Meg brought Charles back to himself, Meg and the two other people appeared in a vegetable garden and that was the end. I was really looking forward on seeing if another problem occurred after Charles was cured. What a bummer!
Kate wrote: "I agree, L'Engle should have put more time into it. It seemed as though L'Engle got sick of writing the book and just summed it up to be done with. Although there are more books in the series, so..."That is exactly what I thought!
Alexa wrote: "Kate wrote: "I agree, L'Engle should have put more time into it. It seemed as though L'Engle got sick of writing the book and just summed it up to be done with. Although there are more books in t..."Same! The book ended so quickly!
That's true, but is the next book good?
I agree with the whole "super-quick-ending" topic. Throughout "A Wrinkle in Time", L'Engle clearly and thoughtfully explains the events in the book and the concepts. But at the end, the author just left it at "Meg, Charles Wallace, Calvin, and Mr. Murry landed in Sandy and Dennys vegetable garden. YIPEEEEEE!!"But then again, as Rimas said, there are other books in the series, so the ending could be immediately picked-up on at the beginning of the next book.
That could be right. Maybe there is someone that is reading the next book that we could ask.
Olivia613 wrote: "I agree with the whole "super-quick-ending" topic. Throughout "A Wrinkle in Time", L'Engle clearly and thoughtfully explains the events in the book and the concepts. But at the end, the author just..."That is true. Probably in the next book of the series, it will start of talking about the ending of the first book in the series. What a weird way to end a start books. Do you think so too?
At the end of my book, there was a page with all of the next books in the series. Did anyone else have that?
That's a good observation lauren
Oh yeah... never thought of it that way..
