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The Chrysalids
John Wyndham
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Saturday, April 17, 2010
The end justifies that means : To preserve their species and way of life the people of labrador are justified in their various measure taken to ensure the purity of their species. I agree with this stament.The people of Labrador believed in the 'real' image of God they could not stand any difference from one to another (even the littlest difference). If one were difference, he/she would face the pilght of being banished to another country, look down upon, treated badly or even faced the fate of being killed.This can be seen when Sophie had a extra toe, just one little toe on the foot, she was sterilised and was banished to the Fringes.Davids being a left-handed had also caused slight disapproval among the district.When Petra was born, the inspector arrived to check if she were a true form of femal huaman beings. The evidence is "...he offically found the child to be a true female human beings,free from any dectectable form of deviation...At least Petra's existence could be admitted." This shows that if a baby who did not 'pass' the inspector inspection, the baby existence could not be admitted. Everything must follow the image of the God, they believed. "Nobaody could blame the inspector for that; she did appear to be as normal as a new-born baby ever looks..." Posted by Liting at 2:12 AM
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