A Wrinkle in Time Lesson Plan

Why is Mr. Murry's experience with studying time and tessering important? Why do you think Madeleine L'Engle spends so much time on it in Chapter 10?

Some students may have found Mr. Murry's explanations boring, others fascinating. His dialogue emphasizes the mysteries of the universe: Mr. Murry is a great physicist, well-versed in his field, but his experience tessering and getting trapped on Camazotz has led him to realize how much he cannot know. He says that matter and energy are indeed the same thing (this is Einstein's equation, which students may have heard of), and that time is a physical object (which may be harder to understand). Even if students don't understand...