The ChrysalidsA Background…

The Genre

The Genre The Setting

O Every novel has a genre (category)

O Some well-known genres are…

O The genre for The Chrysalids

O Where O WhenO Society: agriculture

or industrialization? – rigid, repressive, cruel

O Paradox

Background

History World History

O WWII: Holocaust O Armenians in

TurkeyO 1970s CambodiaO 1994 Rwanda

Suspension of Disbelief~Assumptions

O Nuclear holocaust (“The Tribulation”)O After Effects: telepathy, physical

mutationsO New World Order: God & “True

Image”, Noah= prevention

O What does the word mean?O Chrysalid: the state through which

larvae of most insects pass before becoming adults.

O Physically O To ponder: - why is the novel titled

The Chrysalids?O - Who are the chrysalids in the

novel?

Scientific “chrysalid”

Geography O Labrador: WaknukO Sealand: New ZealandO Fringes: beyond Waknuk,to the southO Badlands: worst results of radiation in U.S. & S. Canada

Atmosphere & StyleO Varies: familiar/

unfamiliar?O society: 18th C?

20th C?O Fear: David,

Sophie…O Hope: Petra

Style- P.O.V.: First

person- Groups: Waknuk,

Fringes, Telepaths

ThemesO (nuclear) WarO BarbarismO HelplessnessO Religious

oppressionO Genocide O (lack of)

Acceptance O Hypocrisy

O Separation O AlienationO Deviation

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