Aj/Patrick/Jessica/Savannah, Wrinkle, chp 7-8

How does the man with red eyes try to mesmerize the children at first.

By saying the multiplication table to the children.

Why did Meg want Calvin to talk to Charles?

Calvin could easily communicate with others and he does manage to talk to the real Charles?

Did Calvin almost get Charles Wallace out of his demon like state? How?

Yes, Calvin had almost gotten to Charles Wallace through him being a good conversationalist and coaxing him to break the spell on his mind.

Why did Meg and Calvin taste the turkey dinner the Man with Red Eyes had presented, but Charles Wallace couldn't.

Charles Wallace had a very complex neurological system which allowed him to recognize the illusion of the food, even though Meg and Calvin couldn't.

How did Charles Wallace become a mindless servant to the man with red eyes?

Charles Wallace looked the man with red eyes in the eyes so that he hypnotized Charles Wallace.

How did Charles Wallace nearly leave Calvin behind?

Charles Wallace made the wall become a solid object again just as Calvin walked in front of it.

How did Charles Wallace open the wall when they were walking to Meg's father?

Charles Wallace re-arranged the atoms in the door to make it open for him because matter isn't solid.

What did Charles mean when he said no one suffered on Camazotz? (chapter 8)

Charles meant that no one gets sick on Camazotz, and everyone is the same, no one is different. Nobody is every unhappy on Camazotz, and there is no fighting, sense everybody is the same.

How did Charles make the wall open? (chapter 8)

Charles opened the wall by simply arranging the atoms of the wall.

What claim did Charles make at the beginning of the chapter?

Charles said that the man with red eyes was our friend and that the children were fighting Mrs. Whatsit and the others.

Who does Charles say the real enemy is? Who does Charles say the man with red eyes is? (chapter 8)

Charles says that Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which are the enemies, and that they never should have listened to them. Charles says that the man with red eyes is their Father's friend and their friend.

What happened to Charles after he looked into the eyes of the man with red eyes for the second time? (chapter 7)

Charles voice and smile was different, and he was acting different as if he belonged to the man with red eyes.

How did the man with red eyes speak to the children? (chapter 7)

He did not move his lips or speak through his mouth. It was like he was communicating directly into their brains.

What did the man with red eyes offer the children to eat and why did the food taste like sand for Charles Wallace?

He offered them genetically made food that tasted like a turkey dinner with mashed potatoes and gravy. Charles Wallace could only taste sand because he had shut his mind to the man with red eyes.

What did Charles do to find Mr. Murray?

He put his hands on the wall and made it transparent.

How did Charles Wallace explain how the doors seemed to appear and disappear?

He said that normally the atoms are condensed, but when touched they spread out and you can walk through the gap that the atoms leave behind when they separate.

What happens when Charles starts looking into the mans eyes?

He stares at the man for a while and then Meg jumps on top of him because she is afraid that the Red Eyed Man will do something dangerous to Charles.

What was the Man with Red Eyes reciting to try to hypnotize the children?

He was reciting multiplication tables.

What was the man with red eyes doing when he was yelling out multiplication numbers?

He was testing the children to see if they were the right people.

What was Meg's father trapped in at the end of chapter 9?

In a large, round, transparent column.

What did Meg have to do to return Charles Wallace from his dream-like state of mind?

Meg had to flying tackle Charles Wallace.

Who does Charles Wallace say is the real enemy after the Man with Red Eyes had possessed him?

Mrs. Who, Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. and Mrs. Which.

Where did the children do after the man reported them? (chapter 7)

The children walked through a long room filled with machines, and then came to a platform where they met a man with red eyes.

What was the job of the man that the children met in the large room?

The man ran a number-one spelling machine on the second grade level.

As Meg, Calvin, and Charles were entering the CENTRAL central intelligence, they held hands and stuck together. They did not leave each others side. I am connecting this to Freak the Mighty. In Freak the Mighty, Kevin and Maxwell stick together. They have the same classes, and do everything together. When they were in trouble, they stayed together. What kind of connection is this?

This is a text to text connection.

When Charles looked into the eyes of the man with red eyes, he was no longer himself. It was like Charles was gone. Meg got very sad that her baby brother was basically gone and captured by the man with red eyes. When people on Earth lose loved ones, they get very sad. What kind of connection is this?

This is a text to world connection.