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    Golding’s novel‚ The Lord of the Flies. The two characters demonstrate that they abuse their power and the effect of Tyrannical Leadership when they both exclude people‚ uses violence as a punishment‚ and misuse/abandon the laws/rules. Wyndham illustrates the use of violence through Joseph Strorm and the whole village‚ as they want to rid of Deviants. In the first chapter‚ the book explains the rules of their village: The one on the left of the fire place read: only the image of God is

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    “The Chrysalids” by John Wyndham is a science fiction novel which takes place in the future‚ years after a nuclear holocaust has devastated large areas of the world. The story focuses on the lives of a group of telepathic children‚ who are forced to flee to “The Fringes‚ a place where whoever is not the “True Image of God”‚ is a mutant. The text is written in first person and narrated by David Strorm‚ one of the telepathic children. It follows David’s life and the events he encounters. “The Chrysalids”

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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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    people other than those in control would wish to live in a society dominated by extremists. It is under these conditions that individuals live with fear‚ violence‚ and intolerance. In John Wyndham’s novel “The Chrysalids”‚ he creates the society of Waknuk where extremist views and policies control the population. Wyndham clearly illustrates the dangers that extremism brings to Waknuk. Living under these extreme social conditions has an obvious negative effect on the happiness of individuals living

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    In the novel The Chrysalids written by John Wyndham‚ the character of Joseph Strorm has a major impact on the plot of the book. Joseph is religious‚ abusive‚ and uncompassionate. These characteristics most definitely help the reader understand the community of Waknuk and give them an idea of how serious deviants are taken. Joseph appears in the novel numerous times‚ and demonstrates these three traits. Joseph Strom is portrayed to be extremely religious. Early in the book‚ this character trait

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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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    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 from anything

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    The Importance of Leadership Without leadership is an escape possible? In the novel‚ The Chrysalids by John Wyndham‚ a group of teenagers attempt to escape from their town as they are being persecuted. Throughout their journey‚ they encountered various types of lifestyles outside of Waknuk as the East Coast of Canada beings to return to normality after a nuclear bomb destroyed everywhere. However‚ David‚ Rosalind‚ and Petra were able to escape safely with the Sealand lady as a result of Michael’s

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    When people are forced to hold certain beliefs which they do not agree with‚ they often end up becoming hypocrites. Such is the case in The Chrysalids by John Wyndham; the citizens of the book’s setting‚ Waknuk‚ are forced to believe that any being which is not completely normal is a mutant‚ and should be removed from society. These stern beliefs force several citizens to become hypocrites. Waknuk is a very strict community‚ and its inhabitants are compelled to maintain numerous rigid beliefs

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    Such actions delay the inevitable succession of the Norms. The greed for life itself and the belief that expelling deviations of any kind (people‚ animals‚ crops) will satisfy that greed‚ fuels the practice of religion in the community of Waknuk. In John Wyndham’s The Chrysalids‚ the fear of change is provoked by religion‚ which is used to justify self-righteous attitude. The importance of religion in Waknuk is introduced early in the novel‚ and right away it is obvious that Repentances lay strict

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