chrysalids
Unit 3
Summative Evaluation #1
Literacy Paragraph
By: Denise Schulze
In the novel The Chrysalids by John Wyndham the story is based around the fact that as a rule, the people of Waknuk fear change. This fact is the baseline of the whole story. The reason the people of Waknuk fear change is because as soon as they are born, the first thing they learn is that being different is wrong. For their entire lives, they have been raised to believe that if someone or something is different, then they are a deviation and a mutant and they will be sent away. Since they get brought up so strongly on this concept, if something unusual happens, panic breaks out. We find lots of evidence of this in the novel. The first quote that introduces this is “People in our district had a very sharp eye for the odd, or the unusual, so that even my left handedness caused slight disapproval”. This line indicates how strict and rigid the district is to the unusual. Another line, later in the book is “But what’s got them so agitated about us is that nothing shows. We’ve been living among them for nearly twenty years and they didn’t suspect it. We could pass for normal anywhere”. This line indicates that even mental differences cause fear in the district. Even if nothing is physically different but you have something mentally contrary, you are cast out. The district’s response towards change leads back to them being raised with these beliefs. As early as possible, they implant these fears and feelings in their citizens’ minds. In this way, they are saying that you must fear change and differences. These fears of change and differences are a rule for the people in the novel, The Chrysalids.
Summative Evaluation #1
Literacy Paragraph
By: Denise Schulze
In the novel The Chrysalids by John Wyndham the story is based around the fact that as a rule, the people of Waknuk fear change. This fact is the baseline of the whole story. The reason the people of Waknuk fear change is because as soon as they are born, the first thing they learn is that being different is wrong. For their entire lives, they have been raised to believe that if someone or something is different, then they are a deviation and a mutant and they will be sent away. Since they get brought up so strongly on this concept, if something unusual happens, panic breaks out. We find lots of evidence of this in the novel. The first quote that introduces this is “People in our district had a very sharp eye for the odd, or the unusual, so that even my left handedness caused slight disapproval”. This line indicates how strict and rigid the district is to the unusual. Another line, later in the book is “But what’s got them so agitated about us is that nothing shows. We’ve been living among them for nearly twenty years and they didn’t suspect it. We could pass for normal anywhere”. This line indicates that even mental differences cause fear in the district. Even if nothing is physically different but you have something mentally contrary, you are cast out. The district’s response towards change leads back to them being raised with these beliefs. As early as possible, they implant these fears and feelings in their citizens’ minds. In this way, they are saying that you must fear change and differences. These fears of change and differences are a rule for the people in the novel, The Chrysalids.