A Wrinkle in Time is a novel, though designed for children, is one which brings up one of probably the most questioned and wondered about idea of all times. Time travel has been the thought in the back of peoples minds, and many philosophers and scientists ponder its possibility. The way that A Wrinkle in Time explains the "tesseract" is one which allows the reader to believe that it is real and possible. The diagram with the ant walking across the folded string (pg. 86) is very similar to the idea of the explanation of black holes in astronomy, and this comparison made the adult-has-taken-astronomy version of myself believe along with the childlike-wants-to-believe-in-magic version. That is what was so special about this book. It appeals to children, but also to adults who simply want to get lost in this amazing world portrayed in the book. Not only does it make other fictional planets seem spectacular, but it make our own Earth seem like a more advanced and spectacular place as well.
I read this book extremely quickly do to its large font and child friendly language; yet I was not bored. Often childrens' books are written in a way that is far too simple for adults to be entertained by, but that was not the case with this book. There was something magical and intriguing about it and I fell in love with all the characters. No, it was not a realistic book: even the sections that are supposed to represent a "typical" family and there day to day lives were unrealistic, but that was not something that mattered.

Cloning can be argued strongly for and equally strongly against, and the reason it is such a controversial topic is due to the moral implications. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro brought the idea of cloning to the surface as it's plot revolves around clones themselves. This novel got me thinking about many different concepts revolving cloning. I think one of the main issues in Never Let Me Go was that the clones were treated as clones with a specific purpose rather than people with free will, when really, they are people. Identical twins are essentially clones of each other, though there personalities are often completely opposite. Personality cannot be cloned, so even if the clone looks as sound like the "original", or as stated in Never Let Me Go, the "possible", they are still their own person. Even identical twins, raised in the same family, experiencing the same events in life, still have different personalities because though personality is shaped by experience, the same event can be experienced differently by different people.

When it comes to cloning, I personally believe that it is not morally "wrong", so long that the clone is treated as their own person, and not as a clone "created" for a specific purpose. There is research being done with regards to cloning one parent so that a couple may have a child that is at least biologically related to one of them. Children often look quite similar to one parent, and since personality cannot be cloned, this is not much different than having a child by traditional means.

I found Never Let Me Go an easy read due to the way it is written in such an easy to relate manner, and reminds me of a friend telling their story. Not only was it this writing fashion that made this novel to easy to get through, but because I found the topic so interesting, I seemed to be whipping through the pages and only afterward would notice how much of it I had completed. Speaking of "completed", something I found notable in Never Let Me Go was the fact that Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy talked about people they knew that had "completed" after their second donation. "...I heard about Chrissie. I heard she completed during her second donation" (pg. 205). In this context, "completed", for them, means "died". I found this extremely interesting. Their view on life is that after they give their four donations, and will thereby pass away, they have completed what they were created to do.

When Walser first puts on his clown makeup, he does not recognize himself. He transforms into someone else; someone who is one of the lowest in the circus hierarchy. Buffo states that without his "Buffo-face" he is no one at all, an empty shell (Carter 142). The clowns are never spoken of without their face paint on, as if without it they do not exist. When they wake up, before they slather the goop all over their faces, there is no one really there. The clowns only exist with their makeup on, and as Buffo stated, without it there is nothing but a vacancy (Carter 142). I found it interesting that this is the idea Carter portrays, and it is a representation of how the other characters mask themselves in different ways. The Strong Man masks his true self with the vibe that he is nothing but muscle, no thoughts or emotions, and Fevvers masks herself with a "freak" coating, enhancing her irregularity. Who would Fevvers be without her wings? The clowns without their masks? The strong man without his muscles? No one at all.