Charlotte Doyle and A Wrinkle In Time are both very great books, but they have different strengths and differences. Mostly I think Charlotte Doyle is a better book than A Wrinkle In Time, but some of these questions beg to differ.
a) I think A Wrinkle In Time has a more interesting setting. In A Wrinkle In Time, Meg, Charles Wallace, 3 Mrs. W's, Calvin and Father are traveling all across the universe, visiting different planets and encountering different friends and enemies. In Charlotte Doyle, pretty much the whole story takes place on the Seahawk; except for a chapter on the docks. A Wrinkle In TIme has a more different and fascinating setting than Charlotte Doyle.
b) I think Charlotte Doyle has a more engaging story. Even though I said that A Wrinkle In Time has a better setting than Charlotte Doyle, Charlotte Doyle just has a more engaging story. Charlotte Doyle had action, mystery and suspense in it. Action was when Captain Jaggery killed Cranick and Zachariah and when there was a storm. Mystery was when they had to try to find out who killed Hollybrass and when Charlotte had to find out who had helped her during the storm. Suspense was when at the end of almost every chapter, you had to wonder what was going to happen next. Charlotte Doyle is also not one of the normal books you read, and that is one of the reasons it is a more engaging story.
c) I do not really know what strong character development is, -_- but I am assuming it means how well the characters changed and developed during the course of the book. That's what I am sticking with. I think Charlotte Doyle has more of a strong character development. In A Wrinkle In Time, the character that developed and changed the most was only Meg. She learned that she was not a monster or ugly or anything. And she learned that she could do anything if she put her mind to it. In Charlotte Doyle, Charlotte, Zachariah and the crew members all changed. Charlotte turned into a macho and tough girl. She learned that you cannot always get what you want and everything it not what it seems. She learned not to trust certain people and stay strong during hard times. Zachariah only learned that he should always help his friends and not to be put down by what color he is. The crew members learned to trust people and help other people out. They learned to trust Charlotte and help her out in her hard times on the ship.
d) I think Charlotte Doyle has more educational value. I did not get any sort of educational value from A Wrinkle In TIme, only Charlotte Doyle. In Charlotte Doyle, the indirect message was to always try your hardest, never give up and any one can do anything if they put their mind to it. Charlotte is only 13 years old, like most of the people in this reading group. And she is a girl. That proves that if she tries her hardest to fit in on the Seahawk, then any girl in out reading group can too. Charlotte managed to become a part of the crew, rebel against Captain Jaggery and at least tried to get revenge. She put her mind to it, and she sort of managed to do it. And never give up. If Charlotte had given up on trying to be a member of the crew, what would the book be like now? Totally different! That's why you should never give up unless you have to for some reason.
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Hagrid
6/9/2013 03:41:45 am
I always look forward to your postings on our novel blogs. Once again, you have put forward a very detailed and thoughtful analysis. Your interpretation of "strong character development" is correct. I am basically asking which book does the best job of developing its characters. I wonder if others will agree or disagree with your conclusions.
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Mother Paula
6/9/2013 01:06:43 pm
A) goes to wrinkle In time because it is in outer space when charlotte doyle is just in the sea. B) Charrlotte doyle because it spends time with eacha nd every detail right to the end C) Again Charrllotte doyle. D) Charllote Doyle because it tells you to stick up for what is right.
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Talena
6/9/2013 02:02:47 pm
I think that The True Confessions Of Charlotte Doyle was stronger in an interesting setting, engaging story and strong character development. I found that The True Confessions Of Charlotte Doyle was was more interesting than A Wrinkle In Time and engaged me to read the book. The True Confessions Of Charlotte Doyle had a strong character development because the main character Charlotte Doyle, completely changed her personality at the end. Captain Jaggery, had two personalities, nice towards Charlotte Doyle and mean to the crew. I think that A Wrinkle In Time had a better educational value because it is a science book. You also learn about tesseracting and other science related topics.
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RRSB
6/10/2013 02:08:00 pm
A) I think A Wrinkle in Time has a more interesting setting than Charlotte Doyle because in A Wrinkle in Time, they go to multiple worlds that are all different and unique from each other...but in Charlotte Doyle, the setting is just on a plain old ship.
B) I think a Wrinkle in Time has a more engaging story because the whole story is about going to different worlds trying to find there father which I think is pretty interesting to read about but in Charlotte Doyle, the way that it's written isn't very enjoyable to read.
C) I think Charlotte Doyle has strong character development because in the story, Charlotte starts off as a quite, polite girl, then changes into a courages, brave one but in A Wrinkle in Time, Meg basically is insecure from beginning to end.
D) I think A Wrinkle in Time had more educational value because its filled with science fiction. But in Charlotte Doyle, it doesn't really give educational value unless you except the fact to follow what you believe in no matter who you are.
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Annie
6/11/2013 01:30:30 pm
a) interesting setting
I believe that A Wrinkle in Time has a more interesting setting than Charlotte Doyle because it takes place on other planets in different universes and Charlotte Doyle takes place on a boat. The Seahawk is like any other sail ship with all the same rooms, masts and sails. Almost the entire story is on this ship so you here the same parts of the ship being mentioned often. Also, the ship pretty much looks the same all over so it’s not like one part is colourful and bright while another part is plain and drab; the whole thing is plain and drab. A Wrinkle in Time has multiple settings that range from our own Earth to Uriel to Camazotz to Ixchel and then back to Earth again. I guess you could say the settings are very dynamic and vary from place to place. Uriel is bright and beautiful while Ixchel is dark and boring. You could be on one planet on one page and another planet on the next. This causes the reader’s visualizations to be more imaginative, allowing them to be more creative with the story.
b) engaging story
This one was an easy one to decide for me. I found it pretty obvious that Charlotte Doyle was more engaging than A Wrinkle in Time, but this is only my opinion. A Wrinkle in Time could be boring and slow in places and could make me feel like it was just dragging on and on. At these times, I felt like putting the book down because I was about to fall asleep. This is not a desired characteristic in a book. Charlotte Doyle had adventure and suspense mixed together. It was very exciting most of the time, with the crew rebelling, Jaggery killing people and Charlotte joining the crew. Plus, the whole book is about this adventure the Charlotte goes on so it must have some sort of adventurous scenes worked into it. The suspense comes from the times when you know something big is going to happen, but you just don’t know what. “Charlotte is walking down the hall towards Captain Jaggery’s cabin while he is supposedly up on deck dealing with a problem when she remembers the voices she heard outside her room on the first night. She shrugs it off but it eventually comes back.” With these details, you know something major and plot – changing is about to happen, but you can’t be absolutely positive what it could be. “Then she opens the door to the captain’s cabin and he’s sitting right there!” That is the conclusion to the suspense. This combination just makes readers want to keep reading and not put the book down and that is why Charlotte Doyle is so engaging.
c) strong character development
I think Charlotte Doyle had a stronger character development than A Wrinkle in Time. Charlotte began as a lady – like, prim and proper thirteen year old girl. As the story went on, you could gradually see Charlotte begin to change. First, she started to develop friendships with the crew members, causing her to think twice about reporting the round robin. Next, she protected Zachariah and actually whipped Captain Jaggery in doing so. These actions model her new – found bravery and her changed opinion and values. Following this, Charlotte joined the crew and became committed to them. She worked like a member and acted like a member and was accepted as a member. It was easy to see how Charlotte changed and developed throughout the book. The transformation that she underwent was very strong and had a lot of meaning and significance to the plot. Even the crew members developed when they became fonder of Charlotte. Captain Jaggery was developed when he began as a nice, sophisticated man, but turned out to be a ruthless, brutal murderer. Meg and the other characters in A Wrinkle in Time were mostly the same at the beginning as they were at the end. They didn’t really develop during the course of the book and change was not evident at the end. The A Wrinkle in Time characters stayed the same while the Charlotte Doyle characters changed a lot throughout.
d) educational value
This was a pretty hard one to decide, but I would have to say that Charlotte Doyle had more educational value. A Wrinkle in Time had a lot of science facts and theories as it was a science fiction book, but I think that Charlotte Doyle was filled with a lot more life lessons and important concepts. A Wrinkle in Time was very scientific and you can learn a lot about all sorts of different topics just by reading this book, but would you consider more valuable: learning about facts or understanding life lessons to apply to your own life? It would choose the second one myself. The science logs are proof of all the things related to science found in A Wrinkle in Time, but after pondering this decision for a while, I realized that if you read between the lines of Charlotte Doyle, you found many important things that can really help in life. A Wrinkle in Time had stuff about astronomy and chemistry, but Charlotte Doyle
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Annie
6/12/2013 02:24:17 pm
(cont.) Sorry, my response didn't paste properly from Word.
had things about equality and acceptance. A Wrinkle in Time had tesseracts and neurology while Charlotte Doyle had heroism and discrimination. Just with these two comparisons, you can see the differences between what is learned from each book. Overall, I believe knowing facts is useful, but it is way less useful compared to understanding and applying life lessons.
I think both of these books are unique and different in their own ways, but that is what makes them so special. After all consideration, the final score is Charlotte Doyle: 3, A Wrinkle in Time: 1. Some of these were hard to decide whether this one is better or that one is better while some of them were easy and not questionable in my mind. Anyways, no matter the score, I enjoyed reading both of these books.
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QWERTY
6/12/2013 11:46:50 am
a) I think that Wrinkle in Time has a better setting, because they tesser to many different planets, each with a very different idea to it giving the reader a bigger idea of their adventures (eg. Uriel is very colorful and happy), while Charlotte Doyle takes place on a boat and two docks.
b) DEFINITELY Charlotte Doyle. The book was SO much more interesting than Wrinkle in Time, because it had so much action! With all the whipping, murdering, climbing 130 feet high masts, the action never stopped! In Wrinkle in Time, though, there was very little action and too much detail. They spent nearly a whole page just describing what one small area of a planet looked like. The only action was tree quarters through the book, while Charlotte Doyle had the reader wondering "Why are the chest carrier's running away when they hear 'Seahawk' or 'Captain Jaggery'?
c) I think Charlotte has a better character development, because it goes into depth about Charlotte being "ladylike". She also tries to be formal and mature for the duration of the sailing, but she realizes that that was not meant for her, and she should become a sailor to fill Zachariah's place. Meanwhile, Meg is just a girl with problems. That is pretty much it.
d) Wrinkle in Time was more educational, because it taught the reader the concept of a tesseract and how it is like folding a piece of string. Along with that, there were many other small concepts and ideas thrown in to make it more interesting. Charlotte Doyle did not have much, if any educational value. The only thing I learned from Charlotte Doyle was the boats design and the way they say the time.