The Power of the Mind

The ability of the children worldwide to connect and levitate the Institute building demonstrates how powerful the human mind can be. Even Sigsby and Hendricks, who claim to be studying the power of the mind, have underestimated how much power the children can call forth. The mind is capable of amazing things like Luke’s advanced intelligence and Avery’s amazing abilities of telepathy.

Luke is ready for college-level work, even though he is just 12. His advanced intelligence is pushed to the front as one of the truly amazing abilities of the mind. It is Maureen who makes the point that the people in charge of the Institute took for granted Luke’s great intelligence. It is because Luke is so intelligent that she decides to help him escape from the Institute: “I knew they didn’t care about your fine mind...