I think the author of this book would agree with this statement. (I totally disagree with this statement.) On the planet Camazotz, there is no individuality, art or emotion. The author designed Camazotz so there is a dictatorship and no one is allowed to express themselves. If they do, the will go to CENTRAL Central and be put in a correction center. Camazotz is all about intelligence and science. There is no art or emotion on Camazotz, so art and emotion doesn't matter at all.
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Annie
6/2/2013 03:45:39 am
I don’t think the author of A Wrinkle in Time would agree with this statement. Yes, her whole book was “science” fiction and dealt with “science” topics, but I think the most important lesson that was pulled out of the whole book was that art and emotion are more important than science and intelligence. The idea of everyone being the same is supposed to wake people up and tell them that it is ok to be different and in fact, it is great to be different. Camazotz was a model country, no crime or sickness, everything organized and in place. The only thing that is wrong: it has a ruthless brain for a leader. Everything in Camazotz is mechanized and nothing is really manual. Everyone is the same and no one is different. I think Madeleine L’Engle was trying to hint that this is what our world will be. As technology develops, the need for manual labour won’t be as high. Plus, people everywhere will be exactly alike. This whole idea is suggesting that art, emotion and expressing yourself is more important than hard, cold facts that come with science and intelligence. Also, when you think about Meg, Calvin and Charles Wallace’s main goal, they only wanted to save their father and to have him back. That was pure emotion and had no science involved. Their journey to their father had lots of science, put this science was powered by emotion. I believe the author wanted people to look at Camazotz and look at Earth and realize that being different and expressing and being yourself is more important than inventing a new technology or discovering a new theory. She is saying that each individual human being, their thoughts, feelings and actions, the things that make them them are above knowledge and understanding of our world in the rankings of importance. Madeleine L’Engle wrote a science fiction book, but the science part was actually a disguise for the main lesson of A Wrinkle in Time: art and emotion are more important than science and intelligence
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Hermione Granger
6/3/2013 01:33:38 pm
I agree with you Annie. I agree that the author wouldn't agree with this statement ( in a way), but in the other way I also think that Sherlock Holmes is correct when she says that the author would agree with this statement. You both make excellent points to support your opinion. I agree with you when you say that she wouldn't agree, because she makes the planet Camazotz, a rhythmic world, where everyone was the same, no one expressed themselves, and no one had individuality so that says that she thinks that art and emotion are more important than science and intelligence. I agree with Sherlock when she says that the author would agree that science and intelligence are more important than art and emotion, because Camazotz runs on intelligence and science, so the author tried to show that ON CAMAZOTZ intelligence and science are more important.
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Hermione Granger
6/3/2013 01:58:42 pm
Also to support my opinion on why I think the author would agree with this statement, IT runs Camazotz and IT is actually a brain and as many people know already a brain represents wisdom/intelligence. Plus this is a science-fiction book, so it contains many science themes. This is why I think the author would agree and disagree with this statement.
taylorgomez143
6/2/2013 06:41:02 am
I think that the author of this book would agree with this statement. In this book she didn't write about anything that involves art and emotion. she probably does not think that art and emotion are more important than science and intelligence. Madeline also made Camazotz as a boring planet where no one is allowed to express their feelings.
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Cookie Monster
6/8/2013 01:20:51 pm
I disagree with you taylorgomez143 because if you think about the conclusion and how the story's problem was resolved (the climax) it had nothing to so with science. It was all about love and emotions and how Meg expressed her feelings towards Charles.
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Roy(DB)
6/2/2013 11:50:37 am
I don't think the author would agree with this statement mainly because the lesson of the book was art and emotion is something that separates one person from another art and emotion is a part of us and taking this away would be like taking away individuality.
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Talena
6/3/2013 10:15:33 am
I believe that the author would totally agree with this statement. I believe that the author would agree with this statement because sciene is a subject that you learn in school. You need intelligence in life as well. I, on the other hand, totally disagree with this statement. I believe that art and emotion is way more important than science and intelligence. I love to do art and think that art and emotion is way more important than science and intelligence.
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MusicManiac44
6/3/2013 03:20:30 pm
I think the author of A Wrinkle in Time would disagree with the statement. A Wrinkle in Time mainly revolves around Intelligence and Science because the whole book is full of words that are connected to topics of science. Intelligence is also used a lot because it would take some very smart scientists to make or discover a tesseract that also leads to other planets in the universe. But when Meg had to save Charles, she had to save him with emotions, not intelligence. So in the end this is what I think the book is trying to tell us, that no matter how much intelligence you got in any subject in this case science, emotions can win even the toughest things over. So this is why I think maybe the author of A Wrinkle In Time would disagree. Besides, in life you cannot live with just intelligence and science. Emotions and art are also important in life as well.
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QWERTY
6/4/2013 12:55:50 pm
I think that the author would agree with this statement. The author has dreamed up a new topic that has not even been invented into real life yet, it is just a concept. Also, there is very little emotion in this, other than when Meg shows love for Charles Wallace and for her mother and father. I picture the author as this book sort of like IT. She has a very intelligent brain and she cares about emotion, but not too much.
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Cynthia
6/4/2013 02:22:13 pm
I don't think the author would agree with this statement.
Our assignments were on finding science words and blogging about the science fiction books and movies. The book was based on science fiction, tessering, camaztoz and a big brain, but emotion was what saved the whole Murray family. Meg told Charles she loved him and broke him free of IT.
Meg was always sad and depressed when her father was away, was delighted to see him again, then felt hatred towards him for leaving Charles. Charles loved his father so much that he thought he could go into IT and come back. The whole journey is full of different emotions. I agree with Annie in that the author was trying to teach about individuality. She made camaztoz a place where everyone was the same and sent the message that its great to be free and to have your own personality. The creature mrs whatsit turned into and all of planet Uriel shows the beauty of art and science. Aunt beast was creatively designed with indent features, fur and tentacles.
Even if Mr. Murray was a scientist and the Mrs. W's were stars, all that saved the day in the end was emotion.
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strawberrymiki (:
6/8/2013 04:10:45 am
I do not think that the author of this book would agree with this statement. Indeed, her whole book was based on science and intelligence, as the children discover "tessering", and deal with scientific topics like hypnotism, and brain control. But, the whole point and purpose that you pull from reading the book was that emotions and feelings conquer science and intelligence, and that the love Meg had for Charles defeated the "heartless" brain, even if IT was scientifically powerful.
The author also talks about the different emotions, and how strong emotions can be towards one another. Charles Wallace, for example, had sacrificed himself to fall into the power of IT in order to save their father, because of love. The happiness Meg had when she finally saw her father once again, and frustrated emotions that Meg had towards her father when she had realized Charles Wallace was still on Camazotz were all feelings and emotions that made the book enjoyable.
The planet Uriel that the author had created was full of art, nature, music and beautiful beings in which the 3 Mrs. W's showed them of happiness, individuality, and joy. Then, the author wrote about Camazotz: a boring planet, where everyone looked the same, felt the same, did the same things, and where everyone was exactly alike.
I think the author was trying to show us that the uniqueness and emotions of everyone is what makes our world interesting and fun to live for.
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Hugo Cabret
6/8/2013 12:49:28 pm
I think the author would not agree with this statement because in the end Meg's love for Charles saved him. Meg's emotions made the story unique and helped the reader realize that just because Meg seemed like a shy, quiet girl, doesn't mean that she thinks differently. A wrinkle in time is mainly about science but art and emotion is more important because that is the reason for discovery and new ideas.
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Cookie Monster
6/8/2013 01:18:02 pm
I think the author would not agree with this statement because even thought her whole book was filled with juicy science topics the main lesson was that your emotions can beat science, theories and all sorts of technology.
For ex. Meg used love to bring Charles back from IT and it worked.
Also, the three W's showed their love towards and Meg and her closest people. On planet Uriel the creatures showed their love by treating Meg. Yes this book was educational, but I think overall it was more emotional.
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Geronimo
6/8/2013 03:00:12 pm
Kind of. I think she would say yes and no. There is much science and intelligence in this book but there is also much emotion in the book. Like in the last chapter Meg expresses her feelings for Charles and that's what saves them. But then again the entire book is based on the theory of a tesseract. I would have to say more no than yes though. There is much romance in this novel