the chrysalids intro
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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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