Essay about The Chrysalids - Discrimination - 827 Words

‘The Chrysalids’ by John Wyndham is about an innocent boy with telepathic abilities living in an anti-mutant society. This boy, David, faces several challenges which made him realise of the ways of the world he is in. The main theme of the novel is discrimination and it can be seen from the society of Waknuk, Joseph Strorm and the setting of the book. The society of Waknuk is taught to follow the laws of God and the ’Definition of Man’ for they fear the punishment that they will receive if they do not so. This fear has blinded the people of Waknuk, so much so that they cannot differentiate between right and wrong, devotion and discrimination. The Waknukians are discriminating against any form of deviation, human, animals and even†¦show more content†¦When Sophie’s deviation was discovered, she was forced to flee to the Fringes, where there would be no discrimination of physical appearances as everyone there are deviants. Discrimination in the novel is mostly obvious from Joseph Strorm, who is ironically the father of a deviant, David Strorm. He is the strictest devout of his religion in Waknuk and being the heir of Waknuk, he bears the responsibility to keep the society deviation-free. He does so by discriminating against deviants, like the society, and punishing them for being born ‘wrong’. His devotion to God and the ‘Definition of Man’ can be seen when he hit his son, David for wishing he had a third hand by mistake. He is sensitive to any form of deviation and punishes them harshly but he does admit that God is merciful, as seen from ‘God, in His mercy, may yet grant you (forgiveness)’. This is ironic as Joseph, being a devout, should be following God’s footsteps and be merciful in his actions too but he is willing to kill and punish people instead, contradicting his religion. His intolerance of deviations led him to discriminate against them, as ca n be seen from how he refused to help Aunt Harriet and humiliated her instead when she came begging for help to save her innocent deviant child. Joseph had also discriminated against the great horses unsuccessfully as the government had approved of them and thereShow MoreRelatedDiscrimination In John Wyndhams The Chrysalids800 Words   |  4 Pages Discrimination â€Å"If only our eyes saw souls instead of bodies how very different our ideals of beauty would be.† This quote is ideal, but throughout history, society is so preoccupied with the â€Å"perfect image† that we ignore and isolate the people who do not qualify. Which unfortunately are the people who need the most compassion and care. 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