“Every situation in life give some important lesson”. The Chrysalids is a science fiction novel by John Wyndham. It's about conformity in a post-nuclear world. The novel revolves around the superstitions which existed in the society at that time. Genetic invariance has been elevated to the highest religious principle, and humans with even minor mutations were considered "Blasphemies" and the handiwork of the Devil. As the story proceeds it teaches different lessons at different stages. The three lessons in the are story characters in the Chrysalids teach us Stand us that one can stand up for what one believe in, acceptance and making Sacrifices.
The first lesson is stand up for what you believe in. Joseph stands up for his religion “The Norm is the image of God” pg27. He is a strong believer in God and life is based around his religion. The telepathic group didn’t give up in all types of situation. “Don’t be scared, Rosalind. You had to do it. This is a war, between our kind and theirs” Pg. 128. The telepathic group stayed together and
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perserered through daily challenges. Uncle Axel stands up for David and believes in him. “you must do anything that would even let anyone guess about it, I want promise from you” Pg. 30. David was a deviant but Uncle Axel stands up for him so he did the murder of Allen for David to save him. This story is the first lesson for “stand for that what you believe in”. The examples Joseph stand for his religion because he believes in it, the telepathy group don’t give up and stand in all circumstance and Uncle Axel stands for David and gives him confidence to believe in himself. Second is acceptance, it is important in life. Sophie parents accept their child. “Nobody else must know about that. You are the only person who does, accept her father and me” Pg. 12. Sophie parents know them know that they can get in trouble because of their daughter but they accept their daughter and try to save truth of their daughter. People in Sealand accepts the telepaths. “The Sealand are coming to help. They’re not so far away as they were, now” Pg.155. The Sealand lady knows that telepath is not different so they accept some of the members of telepathy group. Uncle Axel accepts David, he knows that his nephew is different from others. “I want a you to promise that you will never, never tell anyone else what yu just told me” Pg.30. Uncle Axel doesn’t believe in the Waknuk religion. He thinks it is discrimination. The chrysalides give second lesson that acceptance is important in life. In our life there are some circumstances where we have to accept trouble for our or other better future. Acce[tance is the main topic of the life. “Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.” The third lesson “make sacrifices in life”.
Uncle Axel killed Allen for the telepathic group. “It wouldn’t be just murder, Uncle Axel. It’d be something worse, as well; like violating part of our self for ever….. We couldn’t do it” Pg.96. Uncle Axel committed a crime for concealing a deviant. His sacrifice was made to protect David and the telepathic group. The Sealand lady rescue the telepathy members. “It was not simple to get the permission to come”. Pg.192. The sea land lady puts her life in danger to rescue telepathy members. Michael sacrificed his escape route out of Rachel. “Rachel deserves just as well as any of the rest of us”. Pg. 198. For the Rachel company, Michael sacrifices his escape route from Waknuk. The third lesson in the Chrysalid’s “Make sacrifice in life. If we want anybody to do sacrifice for us; we should also make sure that we have sacrifice for him. This what characters in chrysalides are
telling. In conclusion, three lessons the characters in the Chrysalids teach us is to stand up for what you believe in, acceptance is important in life and make sacrifices in life. In the Chrysalids there are many lesson which teaches us, by discuss points in the chrysalides; give way to live a life. We should learn the lessons from this novel.
I believe the most important concept that I gained from reading the book was to remain faithful, in good times and in bad. Walking blindly can be very terrifying, but God always has a plan for each and every one of us. At times, the plan remains unseen, and that should not deter or slow me on the path that my heart is yearning
The characters in John Wyndham’s novel, The Chrysalids may believe that belief and principle are taught, but it does not necessarily mean it is correct.
This book teaches the importance of self-expression and independence. If we did not have these necessities, then life would be like those in this novel. Empty, redundant, and fearful of what is going on. The quotes above show how different life can be without our basic freedoms. This novel was very interesting and it shows, no matter how dismal a situation is, there is always a way out if you never give up, even if you have to do it alone.
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The lesson I appreciated the most is that one should not give up on something they believe in, just
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One of the main lessons I learned was, for years people have been using religion for some type of power, financial gain, land or just control over people by just taking some verses in a text and not interpreting properly. I believe that the Jew had most of the things right in how they believed because they were so discipline, we have watered down religion today trying to make everyone feel a certain way instead of just telling the truth. I believe without the truth we are going to continue to put man over God instead of like the Jew in Judaism put God over everything.
Clearly, there is always ways to learn through all that people see, hear, and read. Everyone can follow the example of Jonas by being courageous through all trials and using the things that bring us down the most to change the world. Just like Equality 7-2521 people can become more adventurous and creative. Life life with gratefulness and pure bliss because it goes by so speedily. Lastly, choices in life are some of the most important of all. Always try to choose
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This is an odd little book, but a very important one nonetheless. The story it tells is something like an extended parablethe style is plain, the characters are nearly stick figures, the story itself is contrived. And yet ... and yet, the story is powerful, distressing, even heartbreaking because the historical trend it describes is powerful, distressing, even heartbreaking.