The Chrysalids Essay

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What would the world be like if a nuclear war erupted? John Wyndham addresses this in The Chrysalids. He makes evident the ramifications of a nuclear holocaust by showing mutation of survivors, the rise of dystopian societies and how a nuclear war would threaten love. John Wyndham is warning the world what would if a nuclear war happened To begin with, The Chrysalids features many different mutations throughout the book which is a sign of science fiction. For example, the great-horses are a product of mutation. When David is narrating his father’s inspection into the great-horses he recounts, “ The moment he set eyes on the huge creatures [great-horses] standing twenty-six hands at shoulder, he knew they were wrong”(36). The horses have grown …show more content…

For instance, Waknuk is a dystopian society. When narrating how Waknuk came to be, David describes Waknuk as “ an orderly, law-abiding, God-respecting community of some hundred scattered holdings, large and small”(17). The town on the surface seems like a holy peaceful town, but they truly are a narrow-minded group of people ruled by their prejudice causing hate and death. Similarly, the Fringes is a dystopian society. When David tell Uncle Axel that he wants to run away after he was punished for hiding a mutant, Uncle Axel tells him, “Man alive, you'd not want to go to the Fringes. Why, they've got nothing there — not even enough food...lucky if you did.”(). The society of The Fringes is completely in shambles as it is not able to sustain the people of the Fringes. This is because the Fringes is affected by nuclear radiation which would make the land infertile to grow food. To conclude, Sealand is a dystopian society. When they are entering the Fringes and the telepaths talk to the Sealand woman and she says,“We are the New People — your kind of people. The people who can think together. We're the people who are going to build a new kind of world — different from the Old People's world, and from the savages'.'”(). The Sealand addresses the people of Waknuk savages because they do not have the mutation given to the Sealanders from nuclear radiation. Dystopian societies are common in The Chrysalids due …show more content…

Firstly, David and Rosalind are in love with each other. After being attacked by the Fringes people, Rosalind and David thought shape with each other and he describes, “ My love flowed out to her, hers back to me... There was an escape from the solitary cell; a brief symbiosis, sharing all the world…”(). David and Rosalind love each other supporting that this book is a science fiction novel. Their love is threatened by the Fringes people, particularly Gordon Strorm. 'Not seen much of the women around here, have you, boy? Take a look at 'em as you go. Maybe you'll understand a bit more. Besides, this one can have children.”(). Rosalind is wanted by Gordon because the women in the Fringes are neutered by the people of Waknuk due to the mutations they have from nuclear radiation. Similarly, Anne and Alan love each other. “Are you saying that two of us must never marry? Never have any lives or homes of our own? If not, then two of us have got to marry norms. I'm in love with Alan, and I intend

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