In the novel The Chrysalids by John Wyndham, there are many examples of how hypocrisy, bigotry and ignorance are evident in David’s society. People in Waknuk, including the main character, David, are ignorant to the world around them. Through the first few chapters of the novel, David is a prime example of ignorance, being so young and having a lack of knowledge on what Deviations are actually like. Bigotry is also evident in the Waknuk society, and Joseph Strorm is a prime example of that. Finally, in chapter four, we see an example of hypocrisy through David’s uncle.
At the beginning of the novel, the best example of ignorance is the main character, David Strorm. David is just a kid at this point in the book. All his life he has heard how terrible deviations are, and has had it drilled into his head countless …show more content…
In this chapter, Angus Morton, David’s uncle, acquires a pair of great horses standing twenty-six hands high. From the moment he saw them, David’s father, Joseph Strorm, was positive they were deviations and demanded that the horses be destroyed as Offences, even though they were sanctioned by the government. Angus Morton showed a clear example of Hypocrisy in this chapter because although he is supposedly against all deviations, he bought the horses anyways because they could get double, maybe even triple, the amount of work done that an average horse could do. On page 36, Joseph says “...There's a good profit there, a good incentive to get them passed -- but that doesn't mean that they're right.” The government are also hypocrites in this chapter because even though they do not allow any other type of deviations, they allowed the horses because they were so profitable. This shows that in their society, deviations that make the government a profit, or help the people of Waknuk are allowed to slip by, where as people like Sophie are exiled
At the beginning of the novel, the best example of ignorance is the main character, David Strorm. David is just a kid at this point in the book. All his life he has heard how terrible deviations are, and has had it drilled into his head countless …show more content…
In this chapter, Angus Morton, David’s uncle, acquires a pair of great horses standing twenty-six hands high. From the moment he saw them, David’s father, Joseph Strorm, was positive they were deviations and demanded that the horses be destroyed as Offences, even though they were sanctioned by the government. Angus Morton showed a clear example of Hypocrisy in this chapter because although he is supposedly against all deviations, he bought the horses anyways because they could get double, maybe even triple, the amount of work done that an average horse could do. On page 36, Joseph says “...There's a good profit there, a good incentive to get them passed -- but that doesn't mean that they're right.” The government are also hypocrites in this chapter because even though they do not allow any other type of deviations, they allowed the horses because they were so profitable. This shows that in their society, deviations that make the government a profit, or help the people of Waknuk are allowed to slip by, where as people like Sophie are exiled