Chrysalids Work Package
Tahrim Chowdhury
May 25, 2012
Chapter 1
1. I think that the high bank is a rode or some type of park that isn’t often talked about. I think that it’s some part of David’s community that people aren’t supposed to mention to their kids because they know what’s there and want their kids to live in a little bubble and in a way keep them safe. Usually a tone is really important for a book so in the first chapter I think it was a technique for the author not to tell us who the Old Ones and the high bank are. 2. The unusual thing about Sophie’s clothes is that she’s wearing a type of cross on her top that occupies most of the space on the piece of clothes. The way that the author slips it in casually is because he uses a lot of in depth. For example, “The cross stitched to the front of the dungarees was a darker brown material.” Since it’s really obvious I believe that the reader might have just thought it was a casual cross and might not have put too much thought into it. 3. Even though David’s been growing up in a society where difference is frowned upon, he still sees that despite the fact that she has six toes she’s a nice person. That’s why he sees no connection between what he was taught all his life and now so he’s not caring about them maybe because he’s a lefty. 4. It tells us that he’s been growing up in a really strict community/society. David as we know is a lefty and that’s considered the devil’s hand so that’s probably the one thing that he can’t tell everyone about like how Sophie isn’t allowed telling others about her sixth toe. The fact that even he’s a misfit makes it easier for him to connect with Sophie on some levels. Sophie’s childhood might have been very different from David’s because she seems to be living somewhere where she’s accepted for who she is whereas David’s “the one regrettable and unreliable factor in an otherwise orderly life.” 5. In the lines “there was a pause-at least, her voice paused, but her thoughts went on…”
May 25, 2012
Chapter 1
1. I think that the high bank is a rode or some type of park that isn’t often talked about. I think that it’s some part of David’s community that people aren’t supposed to mention to their kids because they know what’s there and want their kids to live in a little bubble and in a way keep them safe. Usually a tone is really important for a book so in the first chapter I think it was a technique for the author not to tell us who the Old Ones and the high bank are. 2. The unusual thing about Sophie’s clothes is that she’s wearing a type of cross on her top that occupies most of the space on the piece of clothes. The way that the author slips it in casually is because he uses a lot of in depth. For example, “The cross stitched to the front of the dungarees was a darker brown material.” Since it’s really obvious I believe that the reader might have just thought it was a casual cross and might not have put too much thought into it. 3. Even though David’s been growing up in a society where difference is frowned upon, he still sees that despite the fact that she has six toes she’s a nice person. That’s why he sees no connection between what he was taught all his life and now so he’s not caring about them maybe because he’s a lefty. 4. It tells us that he’s been growing up in a really strict community/society. David as we know is a lefty and that’s considered the devil’s hand so that’s probably the one thing that he can’t tell everyone about like how Sophie isn’t allowed telling others about her sixth toe. The fact that even he’s a misfit makes it easier for him to connect with Sophie on some levels. Sophie’s childhood might have been very different from David’s because she seems to be living somewhere where she’s accepted for who she is whereas David’s “the one regrettable and unreliable factor in an otherwise orderly life.” 5. In the lines “there was a pause-at least, her voice paused, but her thoughts went on…”