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The Myth of the True Image
In our history of mankind some groups have always reacted negatively towards groups that are supposedly different. The prejudice and discrimination are the two debatable aspects that still all over the world. nowadays, we can still find such ideas with ease, and many of the outcomes that appear in the book have happened at point in history. John Wyrndham the author of The Chrysalids based the book on the different views toward blasphemies and how the characters all have a different approach on the subject. The concept of a true image is used as justification to discriminate against those who are different; David Strorm believes all living things are treated equally; the religious view of the "true image" in eyes of the people of Waknuk; and Sealand Woman's egocentrism for the telepathic people.
Waknuk society will banish from their society anything that is not made in their concept of the true image. there is the peculiarity of the society itself. These people seem like ourselves, but they have a disturbingly different set of beliefs, further piquing our curiosity. Blasphemies are being discriminated from the norm and are being sent to the Fringes. Waknukians, people who lived in a futuristic society, are so intolerant and hateful of blasphemies that they are treated with extreme prejudice and discrimination...