Summary. Meg
suddenly feels herself torn apart from Charles
and Calvin and thrust into silent darkness. She tries to cry out to them but finds she does not even have a body, much less a voice. Suddenly, she feels her heart beating again and sees Charles and Calvin shimmer back into material presence.
What does Meg ask about the black thing at the end of the chapter?
Calvin can tell the shadow is “evil,” and Meg worries Charles Wallace is too young to see it. Mrs Whatsit flies the children back to the field on Uriel. Mrs Who and Mrs Which are waiting for them. Meg asks if the “Dark Thing”
is what her father is fighting
.
What feelings does Meg experience as she travels through space?
What feelings does Meg experience as she travels through space?
She could not feel anything
. Why is charles Wallace annoyed with the three ladies? The 3 Mrs.
How does Meg feel when she arrives on a new planet in Chapter 10?
As Meg regains consciousness, she
feels icy coldness all around her and finds herself unable to move her body or speak
. She hears the voices of Calvin and her father discussing her condition, but she has no way of communicating with them.
Why does Meg say that they need to get on with fighting the black thing?
Murry, Meg and Charles Wallace’s mother. She is writing a letter to their father. Then she hides her face in sadness. Meg says that
the Black Thing has already hurt her mother
, so they need to get on with fighting it.
Why do Meg and her friends go to Camazotz?
Throughout the course of her travels with Charles and Calvin, Meg learns that
people are usually far more complex and capable than they initially appear
. The planet Camazotz represents the dangers of a world devoid of creativity and individuality.
What do the Mrs W’s tell Meg about her father?
What do the Mrs. W’s tell Meg about her father?
That his life is at stake
. They also want to tell them something more, but only Charles Wallace understands.
What does Meg do to fight off it?
To try and fight it off,
Meg yells the opening lines of the Declaration of Independence
. But when she says “that all men are created equal”, IT, using Charles as mouthpiece, tells her that on Camazotz everyone is equal, everyone is alike. … Murry to tesser them away, Mr. Murry grabs their wrists and does so.
What does Mrs whatsit give Meg as a parting gift?
As Mrs. Which leaves Meg to her journey, she gives Meg her gift:
a piece of information
. She explains to Meg that she has something that IT does not have. If she can figure it out, that will be her weapon against IT.
How did Meg get in to see her father?
Meg, still wanting to get to her father,
puts on the glasses Mrs. Who
(a former celestial star and the one who brought the children to Camazotz to rescue Mr. Murry) gave her, which enables her to get through not only the wall, but also the column surrounding her father.
What does Meg have that it does not?
Whatsit hates her, and at that moment, Meg realizes the one thing that she has that IT does not have:
love
. Though she cannot possibly love IT, she can love Charles Wallace, and she calls out to him with the force of her love.
What scares Meg as they travel away from Uriel?
Before they travel away from Uriel, Meg, Calvin, and Charles Wallace experience the Dark thing. It appears as a shadow that blots out the stars. Meg is frightened:
What could there be about a shadow that was so terrible that she knew that there had never been before or ever
…
What does the Black Thing turn out to be?
The Black Thing is Madeleine L’Engle’s name for evil in A Wrinkle in Time. It appears as
a dark shadow surrounding certain planets
in the universe. … Ultimately, the Black Thing is not overcome by force; the power of love is the light that puts out this darkness.
Why does Meg have to help Charles?
The beasts take care of Meg and heal her. FROM CAMAZOTZ. Meg finally understands that she must return to save Charles Wallace. … Meg must be the one to save Charles
because she knows him best
.
Why does Meg have to return to Camazotz?
Meg has to venture alone to
Camazotz to free Charles Wallace because she knows him better than anyone else
—and more importantly, he knows her. … Murry has been away so long as a prisoner on Camazotz that he hardly has any relationship with his son, and Calvin has only been a friend of the Murry family for a short time.
What does Meg call the one creature who takes care of her?
What does Meg call the one creature who takes care of her? After dismissing “mother,” “father,” “acquaintance,” and “monster,” Meg settles on the epithet “
Aunt Beast
.” Meg tries to explain light and vision to Aunt Beast, who has no eyes.
