Gordon Strorm In The Chrysalids

How does Wyndham make Gordon an important and memorable character in the novel, the Chrysalids?
An important character is one that makes an impact on the novel, be it in a character’s life, or in bringing across a theme that the author is trying to convey. On the other hand, a memorable character is one that makes an impact on the reader, igniting feelings that do not allow the reader to forget the character.
Gordon Strorm is made an important character through his being a leader of the Fringes, ensuring the survival of the Fringes people. Gordon, a leader of the Fringes, would lead the Fringes people in raids for food. Since very little is available in the Fringes, ‘they’ve got nothing there—not even enough food.’, it is not easy to live in the Fringes and ‘some years, they got very hungry.’ When he was caught, he was one of the ‘captured Fringes leaders’. David had earlier said that ‘Fringes
Instead, it takes on a larger spectrum, since his role as a leader also impacts the posse from Waknuk in the search for David. His leadership poses challenges to the Waknuk society, since it is under leaders like him that Waknuk faces difficulties against the Fringes people. For one, it is under his leadership that Waknuk is threatened. Under leaders like himself, ‘[The Fringes people] were able to push forward on a broad front, mopping up little bands of our militia here and there, and looting as they liked’ and this poses threats to Waknuk, where initially, ‘nobody took much notice of them as a rule’,. Furthermore, he leads the resistance forces from the Fringes against the posse from Waknuk, for Sophie says ‘He’s gone away—where the fighting is.’ The Waknuk people no longer succeed as easily as before in battles against the Fringes people as the people at the Fringes now under Gordon’s leadership are able to put up a good fight and pose a big threat to the army from