Chrysalids Argumentative Essay

Eugenics was introduced to the world around 1883, and was presented as a mathematical science that could be used to predict the traits of humans and control human breeding. In reality Eugenics is very risky and many people use it as a tool to play God. Although Eugenics is thought to be a tool to help us sift the genetic diseases out of society, it has a lot of consequences. Essentially, society will have to choose what a desirable trait is and what is undesirable, which varies from person to person. If Eugenics is to produce a better human and reproduction is being controlled, would people with genetic diseases be erased from the face of the Earth even though they could have the ability to be more capable parents than these “normal” people?
Their genes could be perfect but they could be an appalling and nasty parent. Eugenics would be used to filter genetic disease out of society but what would happen to the people carrying these diseases, will society have to come together to stop them from reproducing? People who are healthy, intelligent and physically fit will reproduce, but what happens if they lack the compassion and understanding that every parent needs. In The Chrysalids, David’s mother Emily neglects her kids even though her children are extremely well behaved and are fully accepted by society. Emily did not even stand up to her husband when he was whipping her son. On the contrary, her sister Harriet gave her life up for her baby even though her baby was a deviation and would have been sent to the
Eugenics is meant essentially to better the human race. What traits are holding back the human race? Of course, Eugenics is to be used to get rid of genetic diseases, but there is no stopping people from getting rid of other traits. Using Eugenics, society could create an ideal look for people, and influence people to look a certain way. This was the Nazi way of thinking. Hitler was trying to better his country and get rid of the people he considered to be useless and inferior to the Aryan Race. If Eugenics is openly practiced, humans will start moving backwards and bring back years of discrimination with them. In The Chrysalids, the southern tribes think they are the “true image” of God and the people in Waknuk think they are the true image. Waknuk people commonly kill or banish people who did not fit into their idea of the perfect person. Similar horrors will unleash if Eugenics is imposed on the public. If a superior race was intended to be created, negative and positive traits would have to be decided. The idea of which traits are negative and which are positive differ from person to person. For example, many people think red-heads are descendants of the Devil whereas others think they are beautiful. A person’s self-worth should not be determined by the thoughts and opinions of other