David Strorm And Racism Analysis

David Strorm touches me as a compassionate, selfless, respectful human being who can identify/recognize the hateful dehumanization of human behavior. David is able to overcome the mesmerizing false information in the Waknuk society. The definition of a man has been affected by the touch of human perseverance. David meets a young lady named Sophie Wender, who was born with six toes on each foot due to a mutation from “Tribulation”. The definition of man: “... and each leg shall be jointed twice and have one foot, and each foot five toes, and each toe shall end with a flat nail…’ And so on, until finally: ‘And any creature that shall seem to be human, but is not formed thus is not human. It is neither man nor woman. It is a blasphemy against the …show more content…
The people of Waknuk classify the people of Sealand as different, while Zealanders consider people of Waknuk to be a foreign race deserving death because they lack the ability of telepathy, demonstrates racism. Racism, are reasons based on opinions without experience, the unjust treatment of different people, and/or violence against a different race based on beliefs that their own race is remarkable. The main theme/message of The Chrysalids is acceptance and/or conformity, the people of Waknuk cannot accept the difference of others and supersede particular standards and rule. Blasphemy people who are different do not have the rights to live and shall be executed or banished to the Fringes. Also, the society cannot have changed because change is different. The society always follows the same rules to prevent another “Tribulation” from God. John Wyndham conveys this theme through the conflicts of the novel such as when David meets Sophie and compares her to what the Waknuk people believe. David is capable to understand Sophie is an ordinary young girl who was born with six toes who still behaves and thinks like