What are some important quotes and explanations of the quotes from the book The Chrysalids?

Answer 1

David discovers Sophie's mutation, Sophie and her parents flee and are captured, David discovers Petra, Petra gets them discovered, David Petra and Rosalind flee, the battle in the fringes, the mass murder by the Zealanders and the survival of the telepaths.

Answer 2

1. "The essential quality of life is living; the essential quality of living is change; change is evolution: and we are part of it." - illustrating the importance of adaptation and growth in the face of adversity in a world that values conformity.
2. "The definition of a man is a human being with a wrong number of chromosomes." - highlighting the novel's theme of prejudice and discrimination based on physical differences.
3. "The world was a terrible place, cruel, pitiless, dark as a bad dream." - conveying the bleak and oppressive atmosphere of the society in the novel.
4. "The only way for a contrite to certify himself as genuine is for him to go and root out the false." - emphasizing the novel's exploration of identity, conformity, and the lengths individuals may go to fit into societal norms.

Answer 3

The Chyrsalids is set in the future after a devastating global nuclear war. David, the young hero of the novel, lives in a tight-knit community of religious and genetic fundamentalists, always on the alert for any deviation from the norm of God's creation. Abnormal plants are publicly burned, with much singing of hymns. Abnormal humans (who are not really human) are also condemned to destruction-unless they succeed in fleeing to the Fringes, that Wild Country where, as the authorities say, nothing is reliable and the devil does his work. David grows up ringed by admonitions: KEEP PURE THE STOCK OF THE LORD; WATCH THOU FOR THE MUTANT.

At first he does not question. Then, however, he realizes that the he too is out of the ordinary, in possession of a power that could doom him to death or introduce h im to a new, hitherto unimagined world of freedom.

The Chrysalids is a perfectly conceived and constructed work form the classic era o Science Fiction, a Voltairean philosophical tale that has as much resonance in our own day, when religious and scientific dogmatism are both on the march, as when it was written during the cold war.

Answer 4

The names are almost all allusions to great works including the bible and Shakespearean plays

examples

Joseph-The New Testament- "Father" of gods son

Rosalind-Romeo and Juliet-She has a romeo and Juliet thing with David

David-David and Goliath-had to overcome great challanges

etc

Answer 5

Uh, did you READ THE BOOK? That's a good start on getting quotes and summaries...

Answer 6

1) They were worried something would happen to them because sally and katherine were taken away from their house.

Answer 7

difference isn't bad