Answer to Question #285288 in English for BLINK

Question

I need a short summary of 80-100 words based on the 8th and 9th chapters of A Wrinkle In Time.

Answer 1

Meg and Calvin try to hold Charles to get him to come out of his trance. It almost works, but then the man with red eyes brings in guards to hold Calvin and Meg away from Charles. The man with red eyes admits that he is being controlled by IT, and tells Charles to take Meg and Calvin to see Mr. Murry.

Charles starts talking about how happy he and the people of Camazotz are, and tries to convince Meg that she should join him in accepting the man with the red eyes. He tells her that "Here on Camazotz, everyone is happy because they are all alike. Differences create problems." She argues that, although she hates being different, being like everyone else isn't appealing either.

Meg rushes forward to her father in his column, but she cannot penetrate its surface, and her father cannot see or hear her. In frustration, she hurls herself at Charles, but he punches her in the stomach. Calvin nearly releases the real Charles by reciting the lines from Shakespeare's The Tempest, which Mrs. Who gave him, but Charles ultimately remains in thrall. Finally, at wit's end, Meg remembers Mrs.  Who’s  spectacles. Mr. Murry is overjoyed at his daughter's arrival, though he cannot see her until he puts on Mrs. Who's spectacles. By wearing the spectacles and carrying Meg in his arms, he is able to escape the column with her. Mr. Murry is horrified, and insists that Meg will not be able to survive the encounter. However, they have no choice but to follow the youngest Murry child.