Meg Murry
The protagonist. She is stubborn, emotional, and convinced she is a failure. Those traits make her a poor student but a capable rescuer. Her arc is realizing that what feels like weakness is actually strength.
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Charles Wallace Murry
Meg's five-year-old brother. He is extraordinarily perceptive and seems to read minds. His confidence in his own intelligence leads him to underestimate IT, and he is taken over. He is the person Meg is trying to save.
Calvin O'Keefe
A popular boy from school who joins the journey. He comes from a neglectful family and finds genuine warmth with the Murrys. He supports Meg throughout but cannot save Charles Wallace himself.
Mrs. Whatsit
The most approachable of the three women. She was once a star who gave her life fighting the Black Thing. She takes the form of a friendly, eccentric older woman and transforms into a winged creature on Uriel.
Mrs. Who
One of the three ancient guides. She speaks almost entirely in quotations from human writers and thinkers because forming her own words is difficult. Her quotes often carry direct advice for the children.
Mrs. Which
The oldest and most powerful of the three women. She has trouble taking solid form and appears as a shimmer. She makes the final decisions about where the group goes and what they must do.
IT
The villain. A giant disembodied brain that controls every mind on Camazotz through a rhythmic pulse. IT represents total conformity and the elimination of individual thought. It cannot feel love, which is its only weakness.
Mr. Murry
Meg's father. A brilliant physicist who was trapped on Camazotz while researching the tesseract. He is warm and loving but cannot fix everything. His failure to free Charles Wallace forces Meg to act on her own.
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