The community of Waknuk is never destroyed. Many of the people from Waknuk are destroyed when they pursue the telepaths into the Fringes, but the community of Waknuk remains.
The people from the fringwes can't live in the Waknuk society because they are deviational. In other words, they are not like other people who are a norm in Waknuk.
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Any small physical imperfection would be considered a deviation. So, an extra toe, a missing finger, a vestigial tail, etc. Anything that looks strange or not perfectly normal. Also, there are mental deviations, but those are harder to see... and what the story talks about primarily.
The people of the Fringes think that the devil dwells in Waknuk.
The badlands is a place where the fringes people, when sterilised are sent to, to live apart from the people of Waknuk. In the time of the Old People, a nuclear bomb was dropped on what is now known as the Badlands, causing the land to become infertile. Nothing that is the norm of Waknuk can grow in the Badlands because this bomb was dropped.
In the novel "The Chrysalids," Sealand is a technologically advanced society that appears at the end of the story. The people of Sealand have telepathic abilities and have developed a more advanced civilization compared to Waknuk where the story is predominantly set. Sealand represents hope for a future where differences are accepted and celebrated rather than feared and marginalized.
Allan discovered Sophie had six toes when David and Sophie were fishing for shrimps. This led the Wenders to flee Waknuk.
After David leaves Waknuk, Mark is captured and tortured by the authorities as they try to extract information about David and his group. He refuses to give up any information and ultimately dies as a martyr for the cause of preserving their way of life.
Well.... The mutants in the chrysalids were driven out of Waknuk into the Fringes because of their appearance in which there was a large chance they could die. This shows that the people of Waknuk basically wanted to drive anything that they thought was not "Pure" or "Right" simply out of their living area. Similar to this, the Natzis did the same thing during World War II to the Jews, although this was not mainly due to their appearance. The case during world war II was a bit more extreme though seeing as the Natzis were killing the Jews because it was their belief that they should not be part of the population, just like the people of Waknuk think about the deviations and mutants in 'The Chrysalids' All in all, both events are similar to each other because they both encounter a population or leading group that does not approve of a certain feature on a person, weather its physical or not, and they try to drive them out of their lives.
In the book "The Chrysalids," the society of Waknuk follows strict religious rules that emphasize purity and conformity. They believe in purging mutations, known as deviations, to maintain a perfect image of God's creation. Those who do not adhere to these rules are ostracized or exiled, as differences are seen as a threat to society.
assuming you are talking about The Chrysalids, it is a book that the people of Waknuk treat like the bible. It basically states a bunch of different guidelines for them to follow.