Dicrimination in "The Chrysalids" by John Wyndham
... not one of God’s creatures - and if it isn’t His, then it’s an offence, and should be destroyed as such.” (Wyndham, 36). Joseph thinks that anything against his ideas and the bible is wrong and should be punished. Bigotry was the basis of why plants, animals, or people who are outside of the norm were burned, slaughtered, or banished. After the burning of mutants became outlawed, people with physical abnormalities were banished to The Fringes. Any small irregularity in humans would be instant discrimination to the child (infants were inspected before announcing their birth), and their parents. In chapter six, the Inspector said, “The Devil sends deviations among us to weaken us and tempt us away from purity.” (55). Obviously the people in this community were taught that deviations will slowly weaken the human race. Maintaining the True Image of man is the main goal of mainly all non-deviant people of The Chrysalids and would banish the weak from society. Characters like David, with his telepathy, and Uncle Axel, who has a knowledge and understand of other far off people and cultures, are examples of hypocrisy. “...what makes a man man is mind, it’s not a thing, it’s a quality, and minds aren’t all the same value; they’re better or worse, and the better they are, the more they mean.” (79) said Uncle Axel to David. Uncle Axel did not know what to believe because he had travelled in the past and seen...