How do you handle all the negative media controversies and world events? I’ve chosen reading and writing to give me a short respite from the world’s disasters. It doesn’t mean I don’t care, but you can discover among the pages of books like A Wrinkle in Time, Star Wars, Harry Potter, and yes, even IT by Stephen King that there are answers to coping. I just read A Wrinkle in Time for the first time. I don’t know if the author, Madeleine L'Engle, was inspired by her own current events when she wrote it or if she knew the world would always have a dark side, but it seems a foreshadowing to our current events. The book is about Meg, her brother Charles Wallace, and a friend, Calvin, who go on a time traveling mission to save their dad from the Black Thing (It). The lesson learned from the whole scary adventure is that even though evil exists in the world, there are weapons against it: love, hope, and courage. This message gets repeated in other books such as Star Wars, Harry Potter, and IT. The Dark Side (Darth Vadar), Voldemort, and Pennywise are the epitome of evil that is mostly made stronger by fears. Thankfully, they were conquered by Luke Skywalker, Harry Potter, and William Denbrough with the help of their friends. The key weapons used in these fights were courage, love, and loyalty. If you read to escape, that’s great, and within the pages of each book, sometimes you gain insight on how to deal with a world gone haywire. When evil is conquered on the pages, we get insight on how real darkness we face can be overcome.
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