And so the adventure ended, and we tessered back home. Although I wondered how Father and Calvin managed to be there, I didn't mind.
We were home! And everyone was united again.
All's well ends well.
This adventure has been the most meaningful one of my life. Through it, I learnt many new values. I learnt on how to love, for that was what really made the world go round.
I made many new friends. I grasped many difficult concepts.
And most importantly of all, we saved Father.
Sunday, 26 August 2012
Post 13: The Final Showdown
So I'm back on Camazotz. But this time there aren't anymore robots playing ball or skipping rope, or, for the matter, throwing out newspapers.
I'm here alone, on an almost impossible mission. My feet keep taking me towards IT, and all the time I'm thinking: What is it that I have but IT doesn't?
And it seemed that even though I was walking at the slowest rate possible, I still arrived. I still saw the gigantic brain, as repulsive and as appalling as ever.
This is Charles This is IT. This is it.
IT has hate. It has anger. But...
IT doesn't have love!
I have it. Mrs Whatsit's, Aunt Beast's, Father's, Mother's, Calvin's, and the real Charles'.
And I have my love for them.
But how? How do I use love to defeat a giant brain? If I give love to IT it would probably die. But being such a repulsive thing that only hypnotises people, I can't do it.
But..
I can love Charles! Yes, I did it! Charles was back! I saved him!
I'm here alone, on an almost impossible mission. My feet keep taking me towards IT, and all the time I'm thinking: What is it that I have but IT doesn't?
And it seemed that even though I was walking at the slowest rate possible, I still arrived. I still saw the gigantic brain, as repulsive and as appalling as ever.
This is Charles This is IT. This is it.
IT has hate. It has anger. But...
IT doesn't have love!
I have it. Mrs Whatsit's, Aunt Beast's, Father's, Mother's, Calvin's, and the real Charles'.
And I have my love for them.
But how? How do I use love to defeat a giant brain? If I give love to IT it would probably die. But being such a repulsive thing that only hypnotises people, I can't do it.
But..
I can love Charles! Yes, I did it! Charles was back! I saved him!
Entry 12: Saving Charles
The problem so far: Charles is still stuck on Camazotz as a slave of a giant brain. (I know it sounds impossible.)
Who will save him?
I will. I volunteered. I'm his sister.It's only appropriate that I go. Calvin is not related to Charles, while Father may become the next space satellite and the first ever human one.
So there it is. Wish me luck, everyone.
I hope this isn't the last blog post I have to write.
If you see a new one on how giant brains should rule the universe, that means I have failed in my mission.
So...
Who will save him?
I will. I volunteered. I'm his sister.It's only appropriate that I go. Calvin is not related to Charles, while Father may become the next space satellite and the first ever human one.
So there it is. Wish me luck, everyone.
I hope this isn't the last blog post I have to write.
If you see a new one on how giant brains should rule the universe, that means I have failed in my mission.
So...
Entry 11: Aunt Beast
We landed somewhere. In the galaxy. Argh. My brain is frozen. Why can't I. Move? I'm very. Much alive. What's happening?
Where's Charles? Why is Father so useless? He left Charles on Camazotz! He's supposed to help! And I thought all my troubles would be over after we rescued Father. What are we going to do now? We'll never see the twins or Mother again!
Suddenly we saw some strange beings appraoching us. What were they? On Uriel, there were centaurs with wings, and on Camazotz...well, at least there were people.
They were as dull and grey as the planet they inhabited, had four arms each equipped with five tentacles. They also towered above us, even Father, and lacked eyes, replaced with soft indentations. What were these monsters?
But as the saying goes, "Do not judge a book by its cover."
Soon we established a relationship with them. We learnt that they were from Ixchel. These beasts were caring and compassionate, and one of them took care of me. She was Aunt Beast.
Interestingly, they do not know about light and darkness. However, they understand more things than us humans, even when we can see but they can't. They do not understand what to see means. The beast said that our sight was limited, and it told me that the things that are seen are temporal, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
She kept telling us that she does not really understand us and said that we were very complicated. I guess that's what happens when we communicate with organisms form other planets.
How confusing all this is.
Where's Charles? Why is Father so useless? He left Charles on Camazotz! He's supposed to help! And I thought all my troubles would be over after we rescued Father. What are we going to do now? We'll never see the twins or Mother again!
Suddenly we saw some strange beings appraoching us. What were they? On Uriel, there were centaurs with wings, and on Camazotz...well, at least there were people.
But as the saying goes, "Do not judge a book by its cover."
Soon we established a relationship with them. We learnt that they were from Ixchel. These beasts were caring and compassionate, and one of them took care of me. She was Aunt Beast.
Interestingly, they do not know about light and darkness. However, they understand more things than us humans, even when we can see but they can't. They do not understand what to see means. The beast said that our sight was limited, and it told me that the things that are seen are temporal, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
She kept telling us that she does not really understand us and said that we were very complicated. I guess that's what happens when we communicate with organisms form other planets.
How confusing all this is.
Tuesday, 21 August 2012
Entry 10: Father!!!
Charles, being the drone that he is now, was still eating his synthetic food. Where is Charles?!?!?! They look identical, but they are different in essence. The boy in front of me is only a doll! Charles is now somewhere,but where? In the meantime we've got this clone over here. "We've all been wrong?" "He is our friend?" He's hypnotised! How do we get Charles back?
At least now we can go to find Father. Charles would bring us there.
Along the way, we tried to bring Charles back. Calvin tried to use his gift of communication, and it nearly worked! Charles said that differences created problems, and it was because of differences that war started, that I was unhappy in school.
Charles said that IT would control everybody on Camazotz. Everybody would be exactly alike. He said that they would be happy this way.
Finally we reached a small room, and in it was a large, round transparent column. I don't need to tell you who was in it, right?
Our joy was short-lived. Charles went to IT, and we had no choice but to follow. IT is a brain. A gigantic one that is bigger than the photograph here. In the end, I almost could not hold out anymore, and so Father tessered.
What a relief...
At least now we can go to find Father. Charles would bring us there.
Along the way, we tried to bring Charles back. Calvin tried to use his gift of communication, and it nearly worked! Charles said that differences created problems, and it was because of differences that war started, that I was unhappy in school.
Charles said that IT would control everybody on Camazotz. Everybody would be exactly alike. He said that they would be happy this way.
Finally we reached a small room, and in it was a large, round transparent column. I don't need to tell you who was in it, right?
What a relief...
Monday, 20 August 2012
Entry 9: The Man with Red Eyes
I'll never recite the multiplication table again.
Against Calvin's compulsion, we entered the CENTRAL Central Intelligence Centre of Camazotz. There, Charles' bravado got us reported by a man who ran the number one spelling machine on the second grade level. Charles, oh Charles...
As we entered the wall (it opened up due to the man's A21 card), we walked down an aisle. Suddenly, Charles said, with a panicked note in his voice, "Don't let go my hands! Hold me tight!He's trying to get at me!" We continued down the walkway, and at the end was a man in a chair. The most peculiar thing about the man was that he had red eyes, and had blue light pulsing at the top of his forehead. Charles said that the man could hypnotise us if we looked into his eyes. However, he said there were other ways. He wanted to show us, how foolish it is to fight, when he would make our decisions for us and take away all responsibility from us. Ha.
Then, he got us to say the multiplication table together, to hypnotise us. We retorted, by shouting out other things, like nursery rhymes.
He laughed and said we had passed our preliminary tests with flying colours. He told us it was unnecessary to speak as he could understand us.
Charles then darted forward and punched the man. He said that something was speaking through the man. The man got Charles to look into his eyes to find out who he was. I tackled Charles, to get him out of his trance. The man got angry. I got him to give us food. He gave us synthetic food. Charles wanted to get hypnotised again as the man promised us to tell where Father was if Charles did it. Then, he got hypnotised, and started eating his synthetic food like it was the best meal ever. He refused to eat only a moment before, saying that the food tasted like sand.
What has happened to Charles????!!!!!
Against Calvin's compulsion, we entered the CENTRAL Central Intelligence Centre of Camazotz. There, Charles' bravado got us reported by a man who ran the number one spelling machine on the second grade level. Charles, oh Charles...
As we entered the wall (it opened up due to the man's A21 card), we walked down an aisle. Suddenly, Charles said, with a panicked note in his voice, "Don't let go my hands! Hold me tight!He's trying to get at me!" We continued down the walkway, and at the end was a man in a chair. The most peculiar thing about the man was that he had red eyes, and had blue light pulsing at the top of his forehead. Charles said that the man could hypnotise us if we looked into his eyes. However, he said there were other ways. He wanted to show us, how foolish it is to fight, when he would make our decisions for us and take away all responsibility from us. Ha.
Then, he got us to say the multiplication table together, to hypnotise us. We retorted, by shouting out other things, like nursery rhymes.
He laughed and said we had passed our preliminary tests with flying colours. He told us it was unnecessary to speak as he could understand us.
Charles then darted forward and punched the man. He said that something was speaking through the man. The man got Charles to look into his eyes to find out who he was. I tackled Charles, to get him out of his trance. The man got angry. I got him to give us food. He gave us synthetic food. Charles wanted to get hypnotised again as the man promised us to tell where Father was if Charles did it. Then, he got hypnotised, and started eating his synthetic food like it was the best meal ever. He refused to eat only a moment before, saying that the food tasted like sand.
What has happened to Charles????!!!!!
Entry 8: Camazotz
Then, we tessered again, this time onto Camazotz. It was here the real adventure began. Mrs Whatsit told us that Father was here. This must be it! However, Mrs Whatsit said that the planet was dangerous, and I guess that was true. Even worse, the Mrs Ws said that they could not help us but could see us, and we could not see them or ask them for help. Is this sort of a test? But if we succeeded......
When we went into town, we saw that the children were playing with skipping ropes and balls. The houses were neat and identical. yet, something seems amiss in Camazotz. After a while, we found out that everybody did everything exactly at the same time. How do they do it? We could never have done it like that if we tried. (But I don't want to try.)
Suddenly, we saw a different scene unfold. one of the boys was bouncing his ball rather badly. He sometimes dropped it and had to ran after it; other times, he threw the ball up in the air and tried to catch it. Then, his mother came out, put her hand to her mouth and dashed into the house with the boy. What is going on? What is she afraid of?
After that, we saw a boy coming down the street on something like the combination of a bicycle and motorcycle. He was the newspaper boy as he claimed. And, like the children playing, there was something wrong with this. When he threw the newspaper, it flew at identically the same arc at each doorway and landed at an identical spot. How does he do that? then, we had a rather weird conversation. Calvin said that the whole thing smells and I definitely agree with him. No wonder Mrs Whatsit said that the planet was dangerous. Even Charles can't get in at Camazotz. I wonder...
When we went into town, we saw that the children were playing with skipping ropes and balls. The houses were neat and identical. yet, something seems amiss in Camazotz. After a while, we found out that everybody did everything exactly at the same time. How do they do it? We could never have done it like that if we tried. (But I don't want to try.)
Suddenly, we saw a different scene unfold. one of the boys was bouncing his ball rather badly. He sometimes dropped it and had to ran after it; other times, he threw the ball up in the air and tried to catch it. Then, his mother came out, put her hand to her mouth and dashed into the house with the boy. What is going on? What is she afraid of?
Friday, 17 August 2012
Entry 7: The Happy Medium
Then, we tessered again, and landed on a another strange and grey planet, with fog swriling around and reducing the visibility. Mrs Whatsit mentioned that the Happy Medium lives on this planet in a cave. Who is the Happy Medium?This adventure keeps getting stranger and stranger...
After we entered the cave we saw her. She wore a turban of pretty mauve silk and a long flowing purple stain gown. She was gazing raptly into a crystal ball on her palm and suddenly she got the laughter fits. What's it with all these people? However, in the crystal ball, we later saw The Black Thing... near Earth! Oh no, what is going to happen?
Mrs Which said that we would continue to fight, and many famous people had been fighting it as well. It can be overcome! But... Father is behind it...
After we entered the cave we saw her. She wore a turban of pretty mauve silk and a long flowing purple stain gown. She was gazing raptly into a crystal ball on her palm and suddenly she got the laughter fits. What's it with all these people? However, in the crystal ball, we later saw The Black Thing... near Earth! Oh no, what is going to happen?
Mrs Which said that we would continue to fight, and many famous people had been fighting it as well. It can be overcome! But... Father is behind it...
Entry 6: Uriel
Suddenly I was whizzed into nothingness. Yes, total nothingness, like a vacuum. I panicked, and wondered what was happening. Somehow, the Mrs Ws seemed trustworthy, and I hoped that nothing was going to happen to me.
When I exited the nothingness after that I saw I was somewhere different. I wondered whether Father was there, but I had a feeling that it was not so. The Mrs Ws said that this place was Uriel, the third planet of the star Malak in the spiral nebula Messier 101.
It was here that I understood a tesseract. The tesseract is supposed to be the fifth dimension, and if added to the other four dimensions, one will be able to travel through space without having to go the long way around.
I saw the Black Thing on Uriel as well, with the help of the Mrs Whatsit whom had undergone metamorphosis (bottom left). I learnt that The Black Thing was the Powers of Evil and Darkness. What else will be awaiting us?
When I exited the nothingness after that I saw I was somewhere different. I wondered whether Father was there, but I had a feeling that it was not so. The Mrs Ws said that this place was Uriel, the third planet of the star Malak in the spiral nebula Messier 101.
It was here that I understood a tesseract. The tesseract is supposed to be the fifth dimension, and if added to the other four dimensions, one will be able to travel through space without having to go the long way around.
I saw the Black Thing on Uriel as well, with the help of the Mrs Whatsit whom had undergone metamorphosis (bottom left). I learnt that The Black Thing was the Powers of Evil and Darkness. What else will be awaiting us?
Thursday, 16 August 2012
Entry 5: Mrs Which
After dinner Calvin took me out for a walk. There we met Charles Wallace, who whispered eagerly that the adventure was about to begin. As he spoke, the three Mrs Ws' arrived. What a coincidence. I was suddenly apprehensive. What is going to happen next?
Entry 4: Calvin O'Keefe and Mrs Who
Today, as Charles brought me to the Mrs Ws' house (I learnt form him that there were three of them: Mrs Whatsit, Mrs Who and Mrs Which). As we went along we met Calvin O'Keefe (bottom left). He said he had a compulsion to go over to the haunted house today. Charles decided to bring him home for dinner. Calvin looked frinedly and he was quite an easygoing person. he communicated well with us and I decided that I would like to be his friend.
Then, we went together to the haunted house, and saw another weird old lady with oversized spectacles. She was in a rocking chair and knitting on a sheet. What's it with all these old ladies? She was Mrs Who (bottom right). She said we were going soon on an adventure to save Father. Hearing these words, hope rekindled in my heart. Could Father be saved?
Then, we went together to the haunted house, and saw another weird old lady with oversized spectacles. She was in a rocking chair and knitting on a sheet. What's it with all these old ladies? She was Mrs Who (bottom right). She said we were going soon on an adventure to save Father. Hearing these words, hope rekindled in my heart. Could Father be saved?
Entry 3: The Interview
Why do people keep sticking their noses into Father's business? Everywhere I go I get asked about Father, including the interview with Mr Jenkins. Why can't everyone mind their own business? It's not as if not knowing about Father would kill them....
Entry 2:The Failure of Education
Education means a caring teacher imparting knowledge to a group of students who help each other, right? Then I guess the education system (or at least the one in my school) has FAILED.
Due to last night's (or rather Today's) interruption, I did not sleep, causing me to be fatigued today morning at school. I got called on for answering a question on the imports and exports of Nicaragua (which I had looked up last night) but I forgot all of them. And can you believe it? The teacher was sarcastic and the class laughed at me. How will one learn in this environment?
Who cares about the import and exports of Nicaragua anyway? It's not like we are growing up as businessmen or women.
That warranted an interview with Mr Jenkins the Principal.
Due to last night's (or rather Today's) interruption, I did not sleep, causing me to be fatigued today morning at school. I got called on for answering a question on the imports and exports of Nicaragua (which I had looked up last night) but I forgot all of them. And can you believe it? The teacher was sarcastic and the class laughed at me. How will one learn in this environment?
Who cares about the import and exports of Nicaragua anyway? It's not like we are growing up as businessmen or women.
That warranted an interview with Mr Jenkins the Principal.
Entry 1: It was a dark and stormy night...
This is strange. Why is Charles making friends with weird people but acts 'dumb' in front of others? I don't trust her one bit, especially after she wanted a Russian caviar sandwich, which we were saving for Mother's birthday.
Introduction
Hello, readers. I am Margaret Murry (but you can call me Meg). ;)
Me!
This blog retells my adventure to save my father, who has been missing for two years after he went on a 'Classified Mission' and never returned.
It was a dark and stormy night......
Me!
This blog retells my adventure to save my father, who has been missing for two years after he went on a 'Classified Mission' and never returned.
It was a dark and stormy night......
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