In the novel "The Chrysalids," by John Wyndham, blind acceptance of religious traditions and strict social conformity leads to the persecution and destruction of fellow human beings. If you're anything but normal society decides to not accept you. Waknuk relates to our world in a variety of different ways. In Waknuk the town doesn't accept anything different than "the normal". .
In the fictional novel, Waknuk is a town that was created after a nuclear explosion with only two books surviving, The Bible and Nicholson's Repentances. These two books being the only two things that survived the explosion, it resulted the town to be very Christian. Everyone in the town wants everyone to be the same and to be classified as "normal". If someone is different than they are considered mutants. Animals were slaughtered and crops were burned down if they weren't "normal". Many people in the town were different, but they had to keep it a secret. Sophie, Spider-man, David, animals with an extra limb or head, and unusual crops or plants with odd forms was all considered to be different. The entire town deals with God and how he wants his town to be perfect. "Each leg shall be jointed twice and have one foot, and each foot five toes", Sophie had six toes, when David saw her foot it put not only Sophie in danger but him also because David's family is very strict about mutants. If a child is born with even a slight deformity, as small as a birthmark they were considered a deviation or a mutant and would be sent away to live in the fringes. The mother of a deformed or not "normal" child also got beaten for giving birth to a mutant, although the fathers did not. I don't think that's fair because in my perspective the father is giving half of the gene to the child. .
Religion has caused destruction and persecution of fellow human beings in the world throughout history.
The Chrysalids was a better story. ... The town of Waknuk is isolated because the surrounding areas have heavy radiation and nothing can survive there. ... No one in Waknuk knows what is around them. ... The Chrysalids is set in Labrador. ... The Waknuk people refuse to change and are very stubborn. ...
In the story The Chrysalids by John Wyndham, this corruption is very prevalent in the storyline and can be seen almost everywhere in the world they live. From the nuclear war that created the Badlands, to the town of Waknuk where the main character David lives, and even to the groups rescuers, the Sealanders. ... The corruption of power that is closest to David throughout most of the book is the corruption is home town, Waknuk. David's grandfather and father, Elias and Joseph, respectively, had a pivotal role in the development of Waknuk and managed to gain copious amounts of power by act...
The novel The Chrysalids written by John Wyndham is based on the despair of our society in the past, present and future. ... The town or city in which the survivors of the nuclear war live in is called Waknuk. The people of Waknuk refer to the nuclear war as the "Tribulation". This also ironically summarises societies eternal fight with itself, especially within Waknuk. ... Residents of Waknuk are in the process of creating a "perfect" life, in order to preserve life. ...
David in the novel The Chrysalids is the main character. ... David, the main character in the novel The Chrysalids, is isolated from his family because he is different from them. ... David is able to think in thought shapes and he finds 8 others from the Town of Waknuk who can do the same. ... The Town of Waknuk found out about Davids difference and sent him away to the Fringes. ... The society was different, form that of Waknuk. ...
The novel, The Chrysalids by John Wyndham, is a book based on the despair of our society in the past, present, and future. ... As one of David's friends is banished for possessing an extra toe, he begins to question the morality of the town. When David's own life goes into jeopardy because of his telepathy, he must flee the town he grew up in. ... The people of Waknuk possess an air of arrogance and hatred of those who derive from the true image. ...
