The Chrysalids

Michael stays behind since he is informed by the sealand lady that they couldn't go all the way to Waknuk to receive Rachel because the air craft couldn't hold more people. He then refuses to go along and tells them that he couldn't leave Rachel behind and that in the future he will come with her together.

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Probably to bring the story full circle... to show you that they are going to a place where they are meant to be rather than out of the frying pan and into the fire where they will be exploited and used.

Jerome Skinner is the guy who moved in very recently in the text. He lives near the forest and is partially responsible of finding out David and his group's ability of telepathy. He followed Sally and Katherine in the text to the edge of the forest when Petra sent out the message. He became suspicious of the reason why Sally and Katherine were in such a hurry. S & K explained that they were here to rescue a friend (Petra) and came here when they heard her scream. What made Skinner even more suspicious as he was riding right behind them and heard no scream. He then suspeect them as spies from the Fringes but David denied that. The group managed to got away safely. This was the only time Skinner was mentioned in The Chrysalids.

He has a crippled leg. Not through mutation, obviously, or he wouldn't be allowed in the community.

She died because she was going against the laws of that society in trying to protect her child.

His name was David Strorm

Petra is the only one from the group that can send think-shapes to Zealand, making her critical for communication to help the group escape.

This quote is from "The Chrysalids" by John Wyndham, and it can be found on page 129. It reflects the strict beliefs of the society in Waknuk, which deems any deviation from the true image of God as blasphemy and not truly human.

The purpose? To do horse-like things like haul stuff around. As far as their purpose in the book, probably to get the idea of a questionable deviance that could be good into the book and show how David's father reacts to it... showing David that even good deviance will be hated.

Spiderman is the brother of Joseph Strorm . Spidermans' real name is Gordon Strorm. Gordon was sent to the Fringes because he was a mutant according to the religion of Waknuk. He had long arms and limbs which made him look like a spider. He is also the leader of the Fringes.

Sophie is a mutant who has six toes on each foot, while Rosalind is a normal human without any mutations. Sophie is forced to live in hiding due to her mutation, whereas Rosalind can live openly within society. Sophie is more vocal and assertive in challenging societal norms, while Rosalind is more cautious and practical in her actions.

Women are treated as second-class citizens in the anti-mutant society, as valuable commodities in the fringes, and apparently are able to have significant power in Zealand.

Labrador, it is a part of the province of Newfoundland on the (slightly north) east coast of Canada.

mutations, people have to start from zero again

Uncle Axel believed that the true image of God was the ability to feel and think. He argued that goodness and kindness were more important than physical appearances, and that true perfection lay in empathy and reason, rather than in a specific physical form.

he is a family friend of the Strorms in the book chrysalids

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.

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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.

Uncle Axel makes that statement in The Chrysalids on page 103. He explains to David that he believes their telepathic abilities are a natural evolution and that the true image of God’s children is not the limited physical form dictated by society, but rather the enhanced mental state achieved through telepathy.

David's family is bound together through mostly fear, with everyone very clear on the fact that love is conditional on acting a certain way and never being anything but what you should be. The family members seem unwilling to sacrifice for one another, but they are very obedient to the law, at least outwardly.

Sophie's family is bound together through mostly love, with all of the family willing to sacrifice for one member. They are willing to flout the law for their daughter.

David wants to join Sophie's family and flee with them... but if he had, he would probably have ended up on the fringes himself, and worse off. Neither of these families is ideal... they both ended up broken. But perhaps they were limited by their fictional parameters. :)

'Actually there are no motifs with in the chrysalids but I will advise you to read the book than to take someone's wrongful judgement.'

..are you kidding? motifs are ideas or themes that are constantly present in a book. EVERY book will have motifs.

some of The Chrysalids' motifs include fear, blaspheme, intolerance and telepathy.

There is no intention.