planet Camazotz

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Planet Camazotz is the dystopian, conformity-obsessed world ruled by a malevolent intelligence in Madeleine L’Engle’s novel *A Wrinkle in Time*.

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planet Camazotz canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dystopian world
fictional location
fictional planet
alignedWith the Black Thing
linked to: The Black Thing
appearsInSeries Time Quintet
appearsInWork A Wrinkle in Time
associatedWithCharacter IT’s human agents
The Man with Red Eyes
contrastedWith Earth
Uriel
linked to: Archangel Uriel
controls the minds of its inhabitants
createdBy Madeleine L’Engle
depictedAs highly regimented society
world without freedom
enforces absolute conformity
enforcesThrough rhythmic synchronization of actions
firstAppearance A Wrinkle in Time (1962 novel)
linked to: A Wrinkle in Time
genreContext children’s literature
science fantasy
governanceStyle centralized control by a single intelligence
governedBy IT
hasAdaptationAppearance A Wrinkle in Time (2003 film)
A Wrinkle in Time (2018 film)
hasNarrativeFunction embodiment of evil in the novel’s cosmos
testing ground for the protagonists’ courage
hasTheme conformity
good versus evil
loss of individuality
mind control
totalitarian control
inhabitedBy human-like residents
locatedInFictionalCosmos the universe of A Wrinkle in Time
notableLocationOn Central Central Intelligence building
IT’s chamber
opposes free will
individuality
partOf the Black Thing’s influence
ruledBy IT
settingFor Charles Wallace’s possession by IT
Meg’s confrontation with IT
symbolizes authoritarian regimes
the dangers of enforced sameness
the suppression of love and empathy
visitedBy Calvin O’Keefe
Charles Wallace Murry
Meg Murry

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A Wrinkle in Time setting planet Camazotz
planet Uriel contrastedWith planet Camazotz