The main
theme or point of this chapter is to show Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin the reality of good
and evil. They learn that some planets are wholly good: darkness has not come to them. Some
planets, however, have gone over to the dark side and are wholly dominated by evil. Camazotz,
where they are heading to rescue their father, is a prime example. The Medium shows it to the
children as covered in darkness. This helps prepare them for what they will face when they
arrive.
The young people are disturbed to find that the earth is partially
shrouded in shadow. Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which explain to them that evil does have a
foothold on the earth but that spiritual people such as Jesus, Gandhi, and Buddha, artists such
as Michelangelo, da Vinci, Bach, and Beethoven, and scientists such as Madame Curie and
Einstein, have kept the darkness at bay.
The Medium reassures them that good
is stronger than evil and that evil "is being overcome all the time!" However, this
victory often comes at great cost. A person might have to die to win against the dark
side.
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