The Chrysalids Book Report Essay
The Chrysalids
John Wyndham
Book Report
Static vs. Change: Waknuk did not want to change anything about their society, and wanted to keep fighting Deviations until the whole society was pure according to the way church and they think god says it. For this reason, they had no progress. More and more deviations were created in the society as, Waknuk wanting to stay the same grew. Example: The Sealanders say that they are against the Waknuk people because the Sealanders accept change, but the Waknuk people try stopping it. For this reason the Waknuk people ended dyeing.
Purity: Waknuk is afraid that they’ll be ruled by Deviations which they find signs of deviation growth and devil’s doings. They couldn’t think of anything more and so they formed their …show more content…
David is a good person unlike his father. He supports the truth and doesn’t support the stuff said by the church. He feels that everyone should be treated equally though he himself is scared of the fringes and the mutants. The only one who stops him from doing so is his father and he teaches all the other members of the family to also be like him.
He believes that everyone deserves equal rights and freedom even though he himself is scared of his father, the things taught to him about the fringes and the people there and also about the things taught to him about god’s image of norm and the wall hangings in the kitchen.
David is a dynamic character in this novel. He changes a lot through the story. His first change was when he was first introduced in the novel. He didn’t think that treating the mutants like the way they were treated was bad until he met Sophie the girl with six toes. He finally had a thought that the way mutants were treated was correct and he went against the whole society. The next change was that in the beginning of the story the Michael was the leader of the group but towards the end it was David who was leading the
John Wyndham
Book Report
Static vs. Change: Waknuk did not want to change anything about their society, and wanted to keep fighting Deviations until the whole society was pure according to the way church and they think god says it. For this reason, they had no progress. More and more deviations were created in the society as, Waknuk wanting to stay the same grew. Example: The Sealanders say that they are against the Waknuk people because the Sealanders accept change, but the Waknuk people try stopping it. For this reason the Waknuk people ended dyeing.
Purity: Waknuk is afraid that they’ll be ruled by Deviations which they find signs of deviation growth and devil’s doings. They couldn’t think of anything more and so they formed their …show more content…
David is a good person unlike his father. He supports the truth and doesn’t support the stuff said by the church. He feels that everyone should be treated equally though he himself is scared of the fringes and the mutants. The only one who stops him from doing so is his father and he teaches all the other members of the family to also be like him.
He believes that everyone deserves equal rights and freedom even though he himself is scared of his father, the things taught to him about the fringes and the people there and also about the things taught to him about god’s image of norm and the wall hangings in the kitchen.
David is a dynamic character in this novel. He changes a lot through the story. His first change was when he was first introduced in the novel. He didn’t think that treating the mutants like the way they were treated was bad until he met Sophie the girl with six toes. He finally had a thought that the way mutants were treated was correct and he went against the whole society. The next change was that in the beginning of the story the Michael was the leader of the group but towards the end it was David who was leading the