As for Meg's father, the opening chapter leaves us with a cliffhanger. We know the father has disappeared and that this a cause for gossip in their New England village, but we don't know where he has gone. Then, at the end of the chapter, Mrs. Whatsit matter-of-factly tells Mrs. Murry that tesseracts are real. This causes Mrs. Murry to turn white and clutch her chair for support. Does this news about tesseracts, whatever they...
As for Meg's father, the opening chapter leaves us with a cliffhanger. We know the father has disappeared and that this a cause for gossip in their New England village, but we don't know where he has gone. Then, at the end of the chapter, Mrs. Whatsit matter-of-factly tells Mrs. Murry that tesseracts are real. This causes Mrs. Murry to turn white and clutch her chair for support. Does this news about tesseracts, whatever they are, have anything to do with Meg's missing father, we wonder? And if not, where has he gone? And what does the very odd but charming Mrs. Whatsit have to do with it all? Surely she's arrived for a reason.
As for Meg, we end the first chapter wondering what will happen to this girl who seems such an interesting misfit, who worries about storms blowing the house down and tramps invading with knives, and who is so protective of her brilliant little brother that she'll fight for him. She's a girl who seems smart, curious, and brave. We might be beginning to guess she will go on an adventure to find her father, but as of yet, we don't know.
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