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    The Chrysalids‚ by John Wyndham is a great novel in my opinion. It occurs in the future but it focuses on prejudices‚ intolerance and torture‚ issues that exist now and will always exist as long as we do. I believe the novel has a very important message for readers today. In the novel‚ The Chrysalids‚ and in reality presently‚ many human rights are being violated. First off‚ child abuse and torture is a major factor in the novel. Secondly‚ the intolerance towards the women of Waknuk‚ and

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    The Chrysalids – Essay Explain the significance and meaning of the following words: “We have a new world to conquer; they have a lost cause to lose.” In the novel The Chrysalids‚ by John Wyndham‚ there exist two sorts of societies‚ both very different from one another. The Waknuk community is a hostile environment intolerant of differences among it’s people‚ crops‚ and animals. The Sealand community‚ however‚ embraces differences. As contradictory as these civilizations may seem‚ they also

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    The Chrysalids A society is an organized group of individuals. In the novel‚ The Chrysalids‚ by John Wyndham the Sealand society and Waknuk society are both similar and different in the way they live. The Sealand and Waknuk societies are both egocentric and ignorant‚ but the Sealand society accepts changes‚ where the Waknuk society does not accept change and would rather stay the same. Both the Sealand and Waknuk societies experience egocentricism. The Sealand society believes that Waknuk

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    The Chrysalids is a story set in the future. In the story‚ the “normal” people living in Waknuks‚ where David came from‚ were searching for the abnormal‚ or the ”mutants” and tried to kill them. Throughout the story‚ they were very eager to look for David and the rest of his telepathy group to investigate their special powers or even‚ to kill them. The reason of them really doing so was not because of that the telepathies were actually different‚ but is due to that they were scared that the telepathies

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    Friday‚ January 12‚ 2010 ENG1D1-03 Kwasnica‚ P7 Essay Writing for The Chrysalids by: John Wyndham In society today‚ discrimination presents itself as a major issue around the world whether in favour or against the lack of individuality leading up to religious intolerance. In the book‚ The Chrysalids‚ written by John Wyndham the story reveals a world unhinge by genetic mutations. The Waknuk district is a community that isolates themselves

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    The Chrysalids David’s new discovery marks an uncertain future for the human race. The revelation of “Sealand” by David and his fellow telepaths have revealed a new beginning of human advancement. It implies a future of further discrimination‚ corruption and disaster. The novel’s monumental conclusion is full of pessimism as it signifies the evolution of telepaths with a new form of persecution and the possibility of a Second Tribulation. The telepathic world of “Sealand” is the technologically

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    Waknuk could probably live fairly normal lives. They would have more food‚ more livestock‚ and probably more money from selling anything that they had left over. The Chrysalids demonstrates how diversity can be a good thing‚ and how dangerous conformity and societal superstitions can be Through Joseph Strorm’s harsh treatment of David‚ we can see how important the issue of conformity is to the inhabitants of Waknuk.Conformity in Waknuk is manifested in several ways‚ be it burning of Deviant crops

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    The Chrysalids I have read and seen many good things in my life such as standing up to bullies and helping the poor. I have also seen bad things like people being discriminated for the colour of their skin or if they have something special about them. In John Wyndhams the Chrysalids its themes have similarities with the themes that I have seen in my life or what I’ve read about in past history. The main theme of the Chrysalids is the blind acceptance of traditions strict social conformity leads to

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    Despite what many might think‚ It is a clear fact that The Chrysalids has been written‚ read and acknowledged as a warning for today’s society in many ways as I will elaborate more within the following paragraph such as; different types of racism still in our society‚ we still have this fear that god might be sending us a message through actions like disasters and This book is well known across hundreds of nations all over the world. Chrysalid has been around for several centuries and has a very important

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    Unit 3 Summative Evaluation #1 Literacy Paragraph By: Denise Schulze In the novel The Chrysalids by John Wyndham the story is based around the fact that as a rule‚ the people of Waknuk fear change. This fact is the baseline of the whole story. The reason the people of Waknuk fear change is because as soon as they are born‚ the first thing they learn is that being different is wrong. For their entire lives‚ they have been raised to believe that if someone or something is different‚ then they

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