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Themes In The Chrysalids

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The Chrysalids by John Wyndham is a well in scripted text portraying the plight faced by many communities and societies in the present world. The narrator, David storm, coherently tries to bring out the scenes and the happenings around the tiny society of Waknuk. The novel tries to bring out various themes in different ways either metaphorically or plainly. Some of the themes which are clearly evident in the text are like fear of authority, religion, sacrifice, oppression, religion and other minor themes. One of the major themes clearly evident in the novel is the fear to accept and tolerate deviations (Wyndham, 1955). The superiors in the Waknuk society despise campaign for conformity in the sense that they discriminate and condemn mutation as they see it as an abomination towards the society’s rights and regulations. The people in authority assume that having more powers over other citizens automatically makes them right. The persons born with deviations are castigated and …show more content…

Most of the inhabitants of the area are conservatives and they uphold the norms and they work to ensure that their stand remains. When human beings are subjected to such kind of treatment they can opt the best mode to deal with such instances which at times leads to some of the people contemplating suicide, others evading their homes and others ending up living with permanent scars. The strict observance of the Waknuks norms had negative impacts on the inhabitants of the society. Aunt Harriet faces both psychological and emotional torture that makes her contemplate suicide as a result of giving birth to a deviant baby. Sophie’s case also serves as a good illustration to the evils encountered when conforming to the old ways. This is just but few of the oppression and dehumanisation instances experienced in the society (Wyndham,

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