In today’s society, our lives are haunted by extremists, where people are making morally wrong decisions because of religious beliefs being taken too far. In John Wyndham’s novel The Chrysalids, the people of Waknuk are extremists. They grew up being taught that if a person or animal is “non- normal” it shall be discarded to the fringes, or killed off. This decision is morally wrong as they couldn't help being born unable to pass a normalcy check. This proves that religion is ruling over the lives of the people in Waknuk that makes them morally wrong to remove children that are deviations and raise their children to be anxious of mutations. If the people within waknuk created there own ideas and speculations of what they think about mutations,
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This comes from the old people's superstitions, thinking that deviations were angels directly sent from the devil; yet little did they know it was radiation levels spiking within the area of Waknuk and affecting fetus in the wombs of infected mothers . This decision to abandon or kill mutated people, plants, and animals off is morally wrong because they don't for sure know that they are angels of the Devil and without scientific evidence they wouldn't completely know for sure. “The norm is the will of God, and reproduction is the only holy production and, the Devil is the only father of deviation, and a number of others about offences and blasphemies.” (Wyndham, Pg.18) The people are afraid and believe that they are created by the devil himself. The old people are afraid of tribulation which made them think that if they have deviations in their society that God will take vengeance on them and send tribulation to all.This has been a fear of the old people for a very long time, and has spread throughout generations and history. They, instead of using a bible, use the book of Nicholson's Repentances, which is a twisted version of The Bible, and is what someone else's speculations were. Nicholson rationalization was that killing and sending deviations off was a good idea to …show more content…
If they are proven to be mutants they will be banished from the society of Waknuk. The people of Waknuk go by the laws that Joseph Strorm has set even though he is not an official leader of Waknuk. Unfortunately, because David is the son of Joseph; he is unable to help Sophie and her family escape society of Waknuk apprehensive behaviours. The people of Waknuk are morally wrong to abandon and crucify young children and infants if they are found to have an extra limb, or amputation. They are so apprehensive about mutations, that families end up turning on each other, even if it's the smallest thing that won't let your child physically pass the normalcy check. “He said we ought to notify at once. but I wouldn't let him, I couldn't, emily. I couldn't dear god, not a third time: I kept her, and prayed, and prayed, and hoped. And then when I heard your baby had come early I thought perhaps God had answered my prayers” (71). Emily Strorm had to go against her sister Harriet's idea of borrowing Petra so her baby will pass the normalcy check, because Emily is so afraid of what would happen to her and her family, if she agreed to Harriet's plan. Although Emily loves her sister Harriet, she is unable to guide Harriet in this situation because religion rules over Emily's life that caused her to
This comes from the old people's superstitions, thinking that deviations were angels directly sent from the devil; yet little did they know it was radiation levels spiking within the area of Waknuk and affecting fetus in the wombs of infected mothers . This decision to abandon or kill mutated people, plants, and animals off is morally wrong because they don't for sure know that they are angels of the Devil and without scientific evidence they wouldn't completely know for sure. “The norm is the will of God, and reproduction is the only holy production and, the Devil is the only father of deviation, and a number of others about offences and blasphemies.” (Wyndham, Pg.18) The people are afraid and believe that they are created by the devil himself. The old people are afraid of tribulation which made them think that if they have deviations in their society that God will take vengeance on them and send tribulation to all.This has been a fear of the old people for a very long time, and has spread throughout generations and history. They, instead of using a bible, use the book of Nicholson's Repentances, which is a twisted version of The Bible, and is what someone else's speculations were. Nicholson rationalization was that killing and sending deviations off was a good idea to …show more content…
If they are proven to be mutants they will be banished from the society of Waknuk. The people of Waknuk go by the laws that Joseph Strorm has set even though he is not an official leader of Waknuk. Unfortunately, because David is the son of Joseph; he is unable to help Sophie and her family escape society of Waknuk apprehensive behaviours. The people of Waknuk are morally wrong to abandon and crucify young children and infants if they are found to have an extra limb, or amputation. They are so apprehensive about mutations, that families end up turning on each other, even if it's the smallest thing that won't let your child physically pass the normalcy check. “He said we ought to notify at once. but I wouldn't let him, I couldn't, emily. I couldn't dear god, not a third time: I kept her, and prayed, and prayed, and hoped. And then when I heard your baby had come early I thought perhaps God had answered my prayers” (71). Emily Strorm had to go against her sister Harriet's idea of borrowing Petra so her baby will pass the normalcy check, because Emily is so afraid of what would happen to her and her family, if she agreed to Harriet's plan. Although Emily loves her sister Harriet, she is unable to guide Harriet in this situation because religion rules over Emily's life that caused her to