How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"So she goes back there, to Camazotz, and her brother is totally under Its control, and he's saying all these awful things to her. And IT is trying to suck her in too, to take over her brain. She's trying to resist, but it's hard. And then, at the last second, she figures out that there's only one thing that can defeat IT: love. IT doesn't understand love."
"Ooh," Belle said. "That's deep." (43.12-13)
What lesson does Miranda learn from the family in A Wrinkle in Time? What lesson does she learn from Belle?
Quote #11
"Where's your mother?" I whispered to Julia.
"She's meditating," Julia said.
"Here?"
"Yes—in the …closet. And she absolutely cannot be disturbed." (44.6-9)
When Miranda visits Julia's house, she finds that Julia's mother is not at all like her own. While Miranda calls her mom every five minutes for instructions on cake baking, Julia's mom is tucked away upstairs in a closet. What does this make Miranda realize? Later she says "Julia's apartment is a lot nicer than ours, but I'm pretty sure there's no phone in the closet" (44.22). What does she mean by this?
Quote #12
I gave Richard his present. He admires his frog and puts it on the table next to Mom's frog so that their little frog feet are touching. He opens the box. Inside are two keys, one for the lobby door and one for the apartment. I made a key ring for them – it's a sailor's knot, two strands, pulled tight. He knows how to untie it, of course, but I don't think he will. (52.19)
Miranda giving Richard the key is symbolic because it means he is now a part of the family. Why doesn't her mother give the key to Richard? What does the knot symbolize?