Majority of the people judge one’s individuality by their physical looks. In The Chrysalids by John Wyndham, after a nuclear apocalypse destroys the world, the community of Waknuk started to rely only on the Bible and the Nicholson’s Repentances, a book which describe man as a being who fit the Pure Image. Anyone who are differing from the image of God was called blasphemies and are either killed or will be sent to the Fringes. In the novel by John Wyndham, it is made evident that discrimination affects people’s lives in a negative way. Because the majority of Waknuk believe in what God looks like, they think that they are the true image of God violation within the same groups as family, community one lives in, and group of blasphemies is a
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When David, Petra, and Rosalind escapes to the Fringes from Waknuk, noticed that those with deformities were defiled, but most of them were not noticeably deformed. However, their families have banned them and sent them away. Gordon Strorm would be a prime example of discrimination within families. Because Gordon had extra-long limbs, he was forbidden. This is made evident when David meets Gordon Strorm; Gordon asks if David remembers him. And David replies by, “’My father had an eldest brother,’ I said. ‘He was thought to be normal until he was about three or four years old. Then his certificate was revoked, and he was sent away’” (160c). There are discrimination within the community. Gordon, the spider-man has loved Sophie, however, she cannot have babies, and is not clean, and he now has found Rosalind who is fertile, clean and very beautiful. Therefore, Gordon loves Rosalind, but Sophie loves Gordon, which causes jealousy and then the hostility. This is illustrated by the conversation Sophie and David has. Sophie somberly states, “’He wants her, doesn’t he?’” (166b). However in contrast, Rosalind is fearful of Gordon. Ironically, telepaths are mentally blasphemies, yet, they are also judgmental of dissimilarity of those with physical differences. When Rosalind fist meets Gordon Strorm, she uneasily states, “’I’m frightened of him. He’s a different kind’” (172b). Consequently, even though family is notable and the most trustworthy peoples, in Waknuk, families can be unreliable and the most uncomfortable people to be honest
When David, Petra, and Rosalind escapes to the Fringes from Waknuk, noticed that those with deformities were defiled, but most of them were not noticeably deformed. However, their families have banned them and sent them away. Gordon Strorm would be a prime example of discrimination within families. Because Gordon had extra-long limbs, he was forbidden. This is made evident when David meets Gordon Strorm; Gordon asks if David remembers him. And David replies by, “’My father had an eldest brother,’ I said. ‘He was thought to be normal until he was about three or four years old. Then his certificate was revoked, and he was sent away’” (160c). There are discrimination within the community. Gordon, the spider-man has loved Sophie, however, she cannot have babies, and is not clean, and he now has found Rosalind who is fertile, clean and very beautiful. Therefore, Gordon loves Rosalind, but Sophie loves Gordon, which causes jealousy and then the hostility. This is illustrated by the conversation Sophie and David has. Sophie somberly states, “’He wants her, doesn’t he?’” (166b). However in contrast, Rosalind is fearful of Gordon. Ironically, telepaths are mentally blasphemies, yet, they are also judgmental of dissimilarity of those with physical differences. When Rosalind fist meets Gordon Strorm, she uneasily states, “’I’m frightened of him. He’s a different kind’” (172b). Consequently, even though family is notable and the most trustworthy peoples, in Waknuk, families can be unreliable and the most uncomfortable people to be honest