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    Wyndham change your impression of David? Firstly‚ my impression of David changed in his actions and behavior. In the beginning of the book‚ I used to think David was a responsible boy. I admired him because of his ability to keep promises and look after the people he was close to‚ especially Sophie and Petra. When Sophie’s foot was stuck and had no choice but to expose her “illegal” six toes‚ she made David promise to “Never‚ ever tell!”. Sophie’s mom pleaded for David to keep the secret and emphasized

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    The guides of David Strorm In the beginning of the book The ChrysalidsDavid Strorm was describing a dream. A marvelous dream about a city seamlessly embraced by the untainted sea set around it. On the streets ran carts without horses and in the sky flew these burnished things shaped like fish‚ but they weren’t birds. Such a city was so fascinating to a boy who had lived in a society where everyone would look for anything that was odd‚ or really anything out of the “norm.” David never knew that

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    Define the terms UTOPIA and DYSTOPIA‚ and discuss whether The Chrysalids can be considered a Utopian or a Dystopian novel. One could describe the novel "The Chrysalids" as a dystopian novel as apposed to utopian. The town in which David and the rest of shape-thinkers live is deffinatly not a utopia as well as the new land to which they move‚ Sealand. The dictionary definition of utopia is an imaginary island with perfect social & political system‚ social and political paradise

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    The Chrysalids‚ by John Wyndham Background: John Wyndham‚ born in 1903‚ tried more than four careers before starting to write short stories in 1925. The Chrysalids was written in 1955. Outline of the Book: Thousands of years after our time‚ the world faced something known as Tribulation‚ when civilization was almost completely wiped out and had to be started over‚ with new rules and laws. Humans beings born as "deviants"‚ missing an attribute that normal humans would have‚ is considered a

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    There are plenty of themes present in the novel Chrysalids‚ but the one major theme being the prejudice against deviation. The author is saying that when we don’t fit in‚ terrible consequences will arise. Most are judged by appearance‚ but when David and the others abilities are discovered‚ they must still hide and appear to fit in. The purity and definition of man is arguably all the Waknuk people care about to be sure there are no deviations present. Sophie‚ her companions‚ and any imperfect new

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    In the book The Chrysalids‚ people are destroyed for looking different from the norm. Differences seen in the book include extra toes‚ hairy bodies‚ long arms and legs. But is this alright? Should the world be ridded of people who are not like the majority of other people? The people who are considered normal in this book do not have good reason to destroy the mutants. One of the many inadequate reasons for destroying these people is that they believe that having an irregularity is hateful in the

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    Chapter 3 Questions: The Chrysalids 1. What casual remark does David make in his home that alarms his family? What is their reaction‚ and why is it so extreme? As David was trying to aid his wound from a splinter‚ he casually remarked saying that if he had another hand‚ he would do it himself. Since his family was very religious‚ this remark offended them. The author is suggesting that when one becomes too extreme about their religious‚ any saying and be misinterpreted in the wrong way. 2

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    The Chrysalids Essay In his novel‚ The Chrysalids‚ John Wyndham argues that in order to evolve‚ society must accept change. He does this by presenting the ideas: it’s destructive when society doesn’t change‚ society stagnates when it doesn’t change and differences are strengths. The book is set in a post nuclear war era and is about a boy called David who lives in a community of religious and genetic fundamentalists who are constantly on alert for any mutations. At first he doesn’t think much of

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    chapter one of the book‚ The ChrysalidsDavid‚ the main character‚ describes a recurring dream about an unknown city. He describes the dream as a city clustered on the curve of a big blue bay. The city had unusual automobiles‚ with carts being pulled without horses and shiny fish shaped things in the sky. David’s description of the dream is quite vague and the book does not further address its significance. The reader is unaware of its importance later on in the book. David enjoys visiting the hills

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    A Complete Study Guide For the novelThe Chrysalids © PETER LOWENSTEYN‚ 1997 Chrysalis"Chrysalis" redirects here. For other uses‚ see Chrysalis (disambiguation). Chrysalis (disambiguation)From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search 2008-08-19T00:00:00start content Look up chrysalis inWiktionary‚ the free dictionary. A chrysalis is the pupal stage of butterflies. Chrysalis may also refer to: In fiction: Chrysalis (alien)‚ alien species in the computer game

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