A wrinkle of time

Meg displays many traits sought after in Christianity. Meg’s healing from the damage of the Dark Thing highlights once again the symbolism of childhood as the ideal state of innocence. L’Engle portrays childhood as the essence of creativity and thus, when Meg’s body needs to heal - to recreate itself - Aunt Beast tells her to become a child again. This is also a part of the Christian framework of the novel and alludes to a passage in the Gospel of Mark in which Jesus tells his followers to have faith like children so that they can regain the innocence necessary to become children of God.