Literary Essay The Chrysalids

Although a science fiction novel in a far time from now, “The Chrysalids” written by John Wyndham carries a message that can very accurately be used in today’s society. Many of the character’s and attitudes of Waknuk’s society are very similar to ours and portray the same problems and deficiencies.

In “The Chrysalids” a nuclear holocaust created a world full of mutant creatures as well as vegetation. The population of Waknuk struggles to keep purity from all mutants and in doing so must burn vegetation, kill mutated creatures and kick out deviational humans to the outskirts called “The Fringes”. They do this because they want to keep the human race pure and believe they are the true image of God and

This attitude is very similar to our people today. Many of us believe that we are the true image and discriminate what we feel isn’t the norm. People everywhere are being ridiculed and made fun of because they don’t look like what we have defined as the norm. Just as the people of Waknuk we put down people to keep purity between similar looking people. Radio, television and other media are just like the political leaders and inspectors in “The Chrysalids”; they give the norm and show people how to think and what to look like not knowing weather that is actually how people should think or look. The world acts upon what they are told even though the people that are telling them what to do are not always right.

Throughout the book many events that occur are not

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