The Chrysalids Research Paper

The author wants us to understand the beauty of defects. This idea has been shown many times in the text, but there is a particular one which the boy gave up a girl who matched all aspects to him, but because she is unable to speak, he left her and then to chase the girl who is the most beautiful one in his school. However, after all the things he has been through, he finally understand the true meaning of love and beauty. This is relevant to our society today, people all hide their defects and trying to be the ‘perfect’ one. This not only shows that people are lacking of confidence of their own, but also shows that people misunderstand the meaning of beauty, think what has been shown on TV and internet

Your analysis of Paradise of the blind reminds me of the literature of the great Gatsby that commonly reveal actions and brings out logic related to cause and effect, characters, and critical analysis of the story. Reading literature like Paradise of the blind and the great Gatsby is important to focus on the community level, to develop the significance of wealth, social class, as a reflection of the standpoint to understand the life of the characters. In Paradise of the blind, I see suffering of women under chaos beliefs. Unfortunately, the biases against women in different countries around the world still relevant today. In some places like those in the Middle East, males are able to go to school and learn how to read and write, but females

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.

Most really pretty girls have pretty ugly feet, and so does Mindy Metalman, Lenore notices, all of a sudden. They’re long and thin and splay-toed, with buttons of yellow callus on the little toes and a thick stair-step of it on the back of the heel, and a few long black hairs are curling out of the skin at the tops of the feet, and the red nail polish is cracking and peeling in curls and candy-striped with decay. Lenore only notices because Mindy’s bent over in the chair by the fridge picking at some of the polish on her toes; her bathrobe’s opening a little, so there’s some cleavage visible and everything, a lot more than Lenore’s got, and the thick white towel wrapped around Mindy’s wet washed shampooed head is coming undone

It begins when Vanier discusses vulnerability and how it can challenge others to give more of who they are, or to open up and reveal their own failures. This is shown within the L’Arche communities, because people share their weaknesses with each other and this is what helps grow the disabled as well as the intellectual. In addition, the L’Arche community offers society to not marginalize people with disabilities as separate from themselves or even from the body of Christ. The Bible states in Geneses “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them” (1:27). Furthermore, people with disabilities help Christians see the world differently by showing how God reveals Himself to them.

In the novel, Morrison condemns the idea of living by one’s perception of one’s value rather than through the truth, which leads to negative implications. Pauline Breedlove creates an elaborate fantasy world, in which the household of her white employers becomes hers. Morrison indicates that Pauline “[looks] at their houses, [smells] their linens, [touches] their silk draperies, and [loves] all of it” (Morrison, 127), to suggest that Pauline has formed an attachment to what she believes is hers. The way she refers to “[her] floor...[her] floor...[her] floor” (107), after her daughter Pecola accidentally spills a tart at the Fishers’ house, implies that Pauline views that household as a parallel reality, with the white girl as her daughter, and the clean kitchen as her kitchen. Morrison depicts another illusion in which Pauline strives to become a paragon of virtue—by being “an active church woman, [not] drinking, smoking or carousing” (128). She believes she “[fulfills] a mother’s role conscientiously when she points out [the father’s] faults to keep [the children] from having them” (129). But in reality, Pauline fails to embody that role, often “neglecting her house, her children, her man” (127) and “fighting [her husband] with a darkly brutal formalism” (43). Morrison’s depiction of Pauline’s delusive mindset consequently leads to harmful effects, like the emotional abandonment of her family. Her

The film talked about Violet’s upbringing, allowing the viewer to comprehend that she came from a house of abuse where the mother was mean and seemed to get joy in inflicting pain on her children. The story of the Christmas boots was a dramatic example of Violet’s upbringing. Barbra (Violet’s daughter) also has a sharp tongue because she was raised by her mean-spirited mother. The family of origin is having a strong effect. Left unchallenged a multigenerational dysfunction continues.

That’s why I completely feel the same way that Kingston would feel if I was being forced to be a part of the family’s silence and accept the same exact punishment as Kingston’s aunt. One of the practices was foot-binding, it was a way of controlling the women to be submissive and alway count on the men, as they would always be in pain and helpless. Mother’s or slaves would bind young women’s feet at an early age. Having your feet bind together was some sort of social status, where you place, like low-class, middle-class, and upper-class. Wealthy women could have their feet bind, they didn’t work so it was done as an act of beauty.

This happens immediately after he is in the elevator with a random woman and defensively remarks to her, “I see you’re looking at my feet” (9). The woman denies Seymour’s accusation and asked the car operator to let her out. Feet symbolize basic humanity; Seymour feels unaccepted by humanity since the woman denied staring. This leads Seymour to feel alienated by society. This incident makes it clear that Seymour is mentally unstable, and that his following actions are only happening because of his distressed and disturbed state of mind.

Sophie having six toes has impact her parent’s protection to be really vigilant. Sophie said “Mummy said we’d have to go if anybody ever found out. We nearly did when you saw them. ”(46). Sophie’s parent’s behavior is a lot like parents of children with disabilities or “weird-looking’ kids because they will risk anything to protect and shelter them away from any negative remarks or bad outcomes to their children.

It is a clear indication that the writer John Wyndham wrote the novel ‘The Chrysalids” as a warning in our society today. When you compare the novel to our society, these are similar issues that people today must deal with. In the novel “The Chrysalids” the author shows several issues within the Waknuk community which includes acts of ignorance, judgment, and intolerance. The people of Waknuk also use religion as an evil way of controlling the community which ultimately causes sin and contradicts what they believe in. These issues the Waknuk people face can be compared to what people face today.

The novel Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood portrays the magnificent confession of an artist about the trauma surrounding her past. This tale of childhood bullying introduces the prominent character of Mrs. Smeath, whose rigid religious beliefs lead her to experience naïve realism. This display of personal perspective differences causes her to view Elaine’s unconventional upbringing and nomadic lifestyle as blasphemous. Mrs. Smeath’s bias is apparent in how she considers Elaine’s exclusion by the other girls to be “God’s punishment” for being raised in a non-religious family (p.241).

Moreover, the line “Naked feet,” creates an image of vulnerability and weakness because underneath the hard exterior of shoes lay fragile

Blindness is the first theme explored within the play, to emphasise the change that takes place within the kingdom, families and nature,

In the book Breath Eyes Memory by Edwin Dedicat, Sophie lived in a time and place where there were significant societal issues. As pertains to Haiti, genders are not seen as equal with women put under pressure to conform to the masculine idea of what a female should look and act like. In the book, a woman’s fingers symbolize her purpose in life, with each of her ten fingers representing a different role, such as loving and washing. Sophie’s aunt, Tante Atie, reflects on this stating, “The men in this area, they insist that their women are virgins and have ten fingers… Sometimes, she even wished she had six fingers on each hand so she could have two left for herself,” (Danticat 151). The social standards of women, such as Tante Atie, are causing them to conform to the masculine ideal. The roles assigned to the women revolve around caring for men’s needs, leaving them with little time and opportunities for their own wants and needs. In wishing she had two fingers to herself, Tante is showing that she feels like she doesn’t have control over her own life and can’t do as she pleases in Haiti’s civilization. In this male dominated society, women have little power, causing Tante Atie, Sophie, and other women like them to struggle to succeed and support themselves without the contribution of a male figure. In addition to women in Haiti having little power, their civilization created a hostile environment for the women of the country. During Tante Atie’s time in the