The Chrysalids Character Analysis

Amy starts to act more like a woman and David finds himself attracted to her, he finds her touch to be electric. However, they start to meet less and less and David “spent more time on his art, alone”. Amy would not see his paintings anymore nor would she play dress up games, she becomes more conscious about her weight and her looks. Consequently, David feels like Amy is maturing and has outgrown her phase of childish behavior. David again is alone with nothing more than a “few acquaintances good enough to talk to”.

Later after the battle has started we still see him hold on to his morals as much as he can. Even though he has to fight and kill the British, he still shows his strength in his morals in the battlefield. “God’s name, what are you to rob the dead with the fight going on! Cousin Simmons roared.” (Fast #147) We see just high of morals that Joseph has, and just how much he holds to

What Humanity Never Learnt Humanity as a whole has progressed in a multitude of ways since the early days, but to ignore our flaws would be ignorant. In John Wyndham’s book the Chrysalids, he addresses a lot of these flaws he sees in society. This book features a small civilisation that survives a nuclear apocalypse and how their narrow-mindedness resembles that of the society we live in today. This book uses some of the many flaws of today’s society and uses those flaws to help concoct an interesting story.

Firstly, resulting from prejudice and bigotry Sophie is killed tragically. Since Sophie was born with a mutation (a sixth toe) the community of Waknuk’s views towards Sophie’s extra toe force Sophie and her family to flee to the Fringes. The Fringes is a dry wasteland where all deviations (mutations) are sent to die upon their discovery. After Sophie and her family fled; the inspector a man who monitors mutations speaks to David about Sophie’s toe, telling David the seriousness of the situation. “Not reporting a human deviation is a very, very serious thing. People go to prison for it.”(51). Being pushed to the Fringes because of prejudice and bigotry brings Sophie one step closer to her own demise. Consequently, her new life is filled with darkness, starvation and loneliness in which death slowly

Uncle Axel for his knowledge and educating him for the things that he never knew about or were beyond his imagination. Uncle Axel provided him the confidence of accepting and believing in his ability and himself. For example, Uncle Axel asks David “What do you think it is that makes a man a man?' I started on the Definition. What makes a man a man is something inside him. No, what makes man is mind; it's not a thing, it's a quality” (80). In this quote we see that David learns an important lesson about the image of man. Uncle Axel seems to explain it well but David wonders how he came up with this because if he was to ask Joseph this question he would’ve said something like" What makes a man a man is how he look" (80). David looks up to Axel like a step father he is given him advice for the world and his surroundings. Sophie for her kindness, strength, and her heartwarming personality she has showed this when her foot was stuck under the rock and by always having a smile on her face. Sophie was very kind to David when they first encountered, she showed much affection towards David. David remarks towards Sophie were, “She likes to have fun, be excited, and be happy" (7). David comments, "She is empathetic” (8). When seeing all these qualities of Sophie, David set a mindset she was a norm. Therefore, when finding out that Sophie has six toes, he was very astonished because throughout David’s life he has been taught that deviations are a sin. When encountering one it made David think the exact opposite. This caused David to question that Sophie could not be a deviation because she is found to be very out going. So he realizes that Sophie couldn’t be portrayed as an evil person. When David, "Finds it hard to see how the very small toe on each foot could make much difference either."(55). David begins to trust her

The Chrysalids by John Wyndham is based on the Nuclear holocaust and how it affected the world. In the Crysalids John Wyndham proved that character and societies as they went through difficult situations. The telepathic group suffered in Waknuk society because they were considered as evil and mutants, based on what Waknuk society beliefs. However, Waknuk and Fringers societies were defeated by the superior group. In the Chrysalids, John Wyndham the author of the chrysalids tells the wader that it is necessary for character and societies to change in order to be successful.

Sophie Wender, has to leave the everything and suffer in the Fringes because of her little deviation of her sixth toe. Sophie is a little girl and she has to be hidden, she has no friends she only has her parents and David, she cannot go to school and she cannot do as many thing that children should be able to do. Sophie is found out about and gets put into the fringes. soon later she finds David and he just arrived in the fringes but does not understand that he needs to treat everyone the same. David calls Gorden by the name spider man and Sophie explains to David that he should not treat people this way because all of the people in the Fringes, including Sophie, have suffered greatly. Sophie loves Gorden and gets angry with David when he

Joseph was the first born child of Rachel and because he was born to Jacob in his old age, Jacob loved Joseph more than his other sons and made Joseph a richly ornamented robe, therefore Joseph’s brothers hated him and could not speak a kind word to him. Joseph also had dreams that indicated that he would reign over his brothers and this caused more hatred toward him. His brothers were jealous of the love that he received from their father and because of his dreams. Consequently, Joseph’s brothers plotted to kill him but instead they sold him to some Ishmaelites that were passing through to Egypt.

Joseph has a very bad temper going back when he beat his son just so that David would speak, also when David wished he had another arm. He reacted horribly to this automatically getting angry and responding with “you…. my own son wishing upon the devil for another arm” (pg.26)which means he is very narrow minded and has no sympathy for blasphemies even though he can sort of figure out that his son David is telepathic which means he is considered a blasphemy. He has a very strong view towards blasphemies and describes them as inhuman, so anything wishing close to be one would easily anger Joseph. He is stereotyped bad tempered for the constant way he treats his son and his views towards anyone who isn't

It is apparent that Joseph looks up to David as a great fatherly figure. When David and Joseph go to visit Elijah, who proceeds to develop and discuss his theory that David is a superhero, Joseph begins to ponder on his words. Joseph begins to believe his father is an actual superhero, and starts telling his school friends about him. While helping his dad lift weights, he secretly adds more weight than David had ever lifted, further securing his ideology that his father is a superhero. He takes this belief to the extreme, however, when he takes his father’s gun out of the closet and threatens to shoot David, crying out that “[David] won’t get hurt” (Shamalayan, Unbreakable

As the characters age throughout the book, their self-awareness grows significantly. An example of this is while Sophie washes “the blood off her arms and cleans the knife” (175), her bravery and loyalty shines. She evolves from a shy child to a brave, young adult; Sophie becomes willing to sacrifice her life for others rather than a child who is insecure of her deviation. Equally important, David says, “When there is that, where is the word? There is only the inadequacy of the word that exists” (166). This thought identifies how he is able to acknowledge the capacity of his own deviation and the insignificance of spoken words; David recognizes the development of his comprehension about communication with “thought shapes.” Additionally, David recalls, “A series of memories cut off what my eyes were seeing—my Aunt Harriet’s face in the water, her hair gently waving in the current; poor Anne a limp figure hanging from a beam; Sally, wringing her hands in anguish for Katherine, and in terror for herself; Sophie, degraded to a savage, sliding in the dust, with an arrow in her neck…” (197). He exhibits a vision of the Waknuk community and its dark effects upon certain individuals. Seeing that he progresses towards more sophisticated topics, his realization of these impacts identifies a growth in his overall understanding about recent ventures. In conclusion, the advancement to adulthood corresponds with the journey from innocence to

Sophie is currently living with the Fringe’s and surviving on the land with limited resources. Sophie’s quality of life is reflected by her attire which is tattered, tangled, and filthy. Sophie is in a relationship with Gordon, otherwise known as David’s uncle, but is not truly satisfied as she still has intimate feelings about David. After realizing that she cannot join David’s group because she does not have a metal ability, experiences jealously and melancholy realizing that she does not belong to any group and is an outcast in this world. Her life was not lived to the fullest since everyone focused on her exterior rather than her interior, and was not appreciated for her strengths only her weakness.

Finally, internal turmoil arises in characters because of society and the people willing to condemn individuals that do not follow their unfair beliefs. In John Wyndham`s novel, The Chrysalids, many conflicts occur due to prejudiced

There are thousands of stories in the Bible, but one stands out in particular; the story of Joseph. The Hebrew meaning of the name Joseph is “may Jehovah add, give increase.”1 Through the life of Joseph we see God add meaning and purpose to his life, just as God adds meaning and purpose to all our lives. “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”2 Joseph obediently followed God’s plans through trials and tribulations whereas many other figures in the Old Testament faltered in their faith. Joseph, son of Jacob, is the single most important human being in the Old Testament because of his impeccable faith to the one true God and his story of forgiveness that set the stage for God’s chosen people.

In Fahrenheit 451, Clarisse McClellan, is a seventeen year old girl who lives next door to Guy Montag. Clarisse met Montag when she was walking down the street, she looked at him surprised. Clarisse's appearance is mentioned as curious, because she is called as white. “..Her face was slender and milk-white, and in it was a kind of gentle hunger that touched over everything with tireless curiosity..”, “Her dress was white and it whispered”. (Bradbury 02) By comparing from the book, Clarisse can be someone who won’t “fit in” the book. She is more than a seventeen year old girl, she is filled with ideas and questions. Her character is different from everyone in the book, she was more positive and uplifting.