The Chrysalids-Literary Luminary

1. “When my father was a young man, a woman who bore a child that wasn't in the image was whipped for it. If she bore three out of the image she was uncertified, outlawed and sold. It made them careful about their purity and their prayers. My father reckoned there was a lot less trouble with mutants on account of it, and when there were any, they were burnt like other deviations.”(Wyndham,88). I have appointed this quote because this shows Old Jacob’s anger on how deviations are being regulated in Waknuk. He talks about how the government is not being stricter with the deviations in modern day Waknuk. “Government regulations made by a lot of snivelling, weak-hearted, weak-witted babblers in the East. That’s what the trouble is. A lot of namby-pamby politicians, and churchmen who ought to know better too.”(88). The quote I have chosen contains crucial information because Old Jacob is describing how Waknuk used to be, as well as mentioning how they would treat deviations/mutants as well as women back then such as “they …show more content…
“I came home about Grouth, and what a comfortable life he's been able to lead, and about one or two other things. then I put a new string on my bow.”(118). This quote is relevant because it solves the cliffhanger in the previous chapter. This quote is indicating that Uncle Axel killed Alan. However, he only killed Alan for the well being of his family. He had a sense of willingness to protect his family; and he was willing to do whatever he had to in order to keep his family safe. “It was the only one thing to do, Davie. Of course, I knew Anne would reckon it was one of you who had done it. But she couldn’t denounce you without giving herself away and her sister too. There was a risk there, but I had to take it.”(118). An equally important fact is that Uncle Axel opens up about the truth and also proves that he will defend David and be on his side no matter what. He showed how courteous he actually