Survival of the fittest is a concept that is inspired from the theory of natural selection which means that some living beings are better adapted to particular conditions which leads them to succeed in the long run. But in Chrysalids they won't let themselves evolve over generations to adapt to the changed conditions because the keep killing anything or anyone who is evolved. If it was to go on like that it would have caused the human beings to go extinct because they were adapting to changing conditions.

The main reason why the waknuk society was bound to fail is due to the Image of God. It basically removes any chance of an evolution in the society of Waknuk. Anything that does not match up with the so called Image of God is …show more content…
When he saw Sophie’s sixth toe, it was not something he was taught that deviations were devil but Sophie did not look anything like that and maybe having six toes instead of five might be better for you. It might have allowed Sophie to walk and run faster or it might have given her a bit more balance. Of everyone in Waknuk had the view to look at the deviations the way David did they might have had a chance to survive as they would have adapted to the changing conditions or at least some of them would have. Uncle Axel who was a sailor once and he lost his leg is a good example, he is considered totally normal but if a child was born without a leg he or she is not given their certificate. And that is where the ideology of Waknuk needed to change, mutation like those eventually make some people better than others and that's how mutation works. And this is one of the reason that Sealand is a a lot better place waknuk ever was. In Sealand people who didn't had telepathic powers were not killed or sent away or anything like that instead they were given help so that they could also get telepathic abilities. But Waknuk society completely rejected the idea of survival of the