Socratic Seminar Questions On Meg, Calvin, And Charles Journey

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Socratic Seminar Questions

2- What do the 3 Ws represent in the bible and how does that impact Meg,
Calvin, and Charles journey?

In the begining of the book the 3 Ws don’t seem to be anything to unusually out of the ordinary. Just 3 women living together who dress in a peculiar fashion. But as the story goes on you see thats not really what they are. In my mind I find them as sort of guardian angels. They were sent to protect Meg, Calvin, and Charles, but if you look between the lines you wonder who sent them. When you think of god you think of heaven and the story of when God defeated Satan. I think that God sent the 3 Ws to help Meg, Calvin, and Charles, because they were sort of his deciples, and the blackness was Satan who was trying to come back. The 3 Ws helpful in the kids journey because they provided words from the wise, presents that proved to be useful, and the ability to tesser.

“Her plump little body began to shimmer… Never to me. Stand up.” PG 73

2-What is the importance of the beasts and what message do they give?
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Murry, Calvin, and Meg met the beasts it was an important occurance. Meg was gravely injured from going through the black thing and needed help. Straight away when ever they saw the beast all of them were thinking that they were hostile people who could be potentially dangerous. But due to the circumstances they had no choice but to trust them. After spending time with the beasts all of them soon realized that they were very generous creachers who give out affection easily. But what we might not realize is how big of a risk it was for the beasts to take them in. Mr. Murry, Calvin, and Meg were forighn beings to them and they randomly tessered onto their planet without an explination. What message I think this gives it to not judge a person from an outside