Meg returns
to Camazotz to free Charles Wallace from the clutches of IT. She knows that if she is to
succeed, she needs to find a strategy that IT doesn't understand. At first, she feels anger and
then hate, but realizes that IT comprehends hate and is using it to pull her into its orbit. But
when IT, through Charles Wallace, says that Mrs. Whatsit hates her, Meg knows that is a lie. She
also recognizes at that moment that love, which is what Mrs. Whatsit feels for her, is what IT
doesn't understand, and she uses love to reclaim Charles. "Charles. Charles, I love you. My
baby brother who always takes care of me ... I love you..." she says to him.
This love talk, as well as the emotion behind it, penetrates into a place within
Charles that IT can't infiltrate and breaks the spell. Charles suddenly regains a sense of self
and rushes into Meg's arms, sobbing and clinging to her. The two are then whirled away from
Camazotz and land back home on earth.
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