Charles Wallace And Calvin's Comparsion: A Narrative Fiction

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Meg suddenly feels herself carried into what feels like another dimension. Charles Wallace and Calvin disappear from around her and all light and sound vanished. She feels as though she is moving through a terrifying void. Soon Charles Wallace reappears and she can see him, though she feels distant from him. Soon she sees Calvin again, though it feels as if she's looking at him through a 'glimmering' veil. Eventually, she reappears in previous state, and finds that all three of them are now in an open field, surrounded by mountains, with the summer sunlight gleaming down on them. Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which also come back in a cheery mood, but they tell Meg that what they are about to take on will be serious business. They tell her that the life of her father is at stake. Charles Wallace knows what it is, but he cannot fully understand it. When Calvin asks where they are now, the women tell him that they are on Uriel, the third planet of the star Malak. Mrs. Whatsit tells them that they weren’t traveling by normal means, but instead they all tessered or wrinkled. This reminds Meg of her mother’s word, tesseract, and she wonders if it is related. …show more content…
Instead, they stopped here to rest, as well as to show them something. Mrs. Which then tells Mrs. Whatsit to show them. Mrs. Whatsit begins to transform herself out of her old body and into an unusual creature, best described as a horse with wings. The children climb onto the back of the creature and they begin to fly. They gaze at the new world around them and are amazed by its beauty. They fly over a garden more beautiful than anything in a dream that is filled with creatures like the one Mrs. Whatsit had become. They are singing. Though Meg cannot understand the music, Mrs. Whatsit asks Charles Wallace to translate it, but he is not quite sure how. Mrs. Whatsit soon translates

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