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The chrysalids- philosphies in the novel


            The Chrysalids- Philosophies in the Novel.
            
             "And God created man in His own image. And God decreed that man should have one body, one head, two arms and two legs: that each arm should be jointed in two places and end in one hand: that each hand should have four fingers and one thumb: that each finger should bear a flat finger-nail."(Wyndham, 10) .
             And so on went this statement that all heard each Sunday in church. Any deviation from this was an abomination, a blasphemy before God who had fashioned man in his own image, and must be dealt with immediately before those that were known as evil could spread. This was how the Waknuk people viewed life. They were Chrysalids. They would not give in to change. In John Wyndham's novel, The Chrysalids, the Waknuks, the Sealanders, and the Fringes people all had different philosophies. The "stand-still" philosophies of the Waknuks, and the "move-on" philosophies of the Sealanders caused destruction of families, emotions, and even lives, leaving the Fringes people tied up inside of this tangled web.
             The Fringes people were known as deviations, those that were born anything other than what God created man to look like. Those who had amazing telepathic powers, to those who had six toes were all known as deviations. Hunted by family and friends, deviations lived in fear, hoping their differences would never be discovered. Once David discovered what extent his society would go to, to rid their community of deviations, David and his new friends lived their lives fearing their "powers" would be discovered. Where else could they go to but the Fringes, a place where all deviations escaped to? The Fringes people believed that they were not any different from those who were born following the "norm". They believed that they should be accepted and treated equally. They believed, that what was believed to be the true image, may not have been the true image, and that the old people themselves may not have been the true image also.


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