The Chrysalids Essay

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    driving force of life. Without change, life would not be able to adapt to its surroundings and survive. The title “The Chrysalids” implies that it’s a novel about change. The word ‘chrysalid’ is another term for the word “chrysalis”. According to the free dictionary, a chrysalis is, “a pupa, especially of a moth or butterfly, enclosed in firm case or cocoon.” In simpler terms, a chrysalid is a caterpillar's phase of change where it envelopes itself in a shell and proceeds to transform into its…

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    Change In The Chrysalids

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    The Consequences of Preventing Change In the Chrysalids by John Wyndham, the people of Waknuk try to protect against change. They constantly protect against it but they never think about the consequences of this action. The consequences of trying to protect against change are, no progress or improvement is made, people become closed-minded, and when the inevitable change happens it is more violent. When people try to protect against change they make no progress or improvement in their…

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    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…

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    Evil In The Chrysalids

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    The Chrysalids essay Judging one by their physical appearance can lead to false assumptions and cause conflicts, a perfect example of this occurs multiple times in the book The Chrysalids by John Wyndham. First, Sophie Wender is an honest girl, who has an extra toe, and the Waknuk society believes her to be inhuman, but when David Strorm meets her he finds out that she is truly a lovely, genuine person. Also, in the novel is Joseph Strorm, who seems to meet “the true image of god”…

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    The Chrysalids Sparknotes

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    Think of the last time your friend told you a secret, was it tempting to tell your other friends? Of course it was. But telling that secret could hurt your friend and also could ruin your friendship. In The Chrysalids, a little girl named Sophie has a big secret, she has one extra toe on each foot, which seems very innocent. Though in Waknuk where Sophie lives, any deviation is said to be sent from the devil itself. Any surplus limb could cost you to be thrust from society or killed. A boy named…

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    words, spoken or written next door or across the seas. In The Chrysalids written by John Wyndham, relationships within the telepathic group can be harmed by outsiders, certain individuals in the group and the involvement of distant friends. Outsiders can be destructive in many ways. Certain persons in the group, can cause damage and distress to other members. Distant friends can also get involved by intercepting messages. In the Chrysalids, the ability to connect to people without using words is…

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    Women In The Chrysalids

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    “Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.” -Vince Lombardi. The Chrysalids by John Wyndham introduces two societies, Waknuk and Sealand. Waknuk is an intolerant society in a developmental hiatus, and Sealand is a technologically and socially sophisticated community. Waknuk is ignorant of individual’s abilities, causing division among it’s people. However, Sealand embraces these extraordinary traits and…

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    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…

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    Within the text The Chrysalids The society of Waknuk pressures its citizens to report any blasphemies to the inspector for them to rid the town of them to please god. God being the centre of importance in the town, ruling out any personal judgement or opinions anyone would have to differ with the government. If a baby were to be born with 6 toes instead of 5, they would be cast out to live in the fringes to fend for itself. As the community does not want to be involved with the devils…

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    placed outside of the norm, into the margins. The media, uses science fiction to show minority discrimination, as seen in the film X-Men, and novel the Chrysalids, alike. This can be seen in both sources in, the…

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