The Chrysalids by John Wyndham

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The Chrysalids by John Wyndham An introduction to the context

The Author John Wyndham (1903-1969) English science fiction writer He participated in WWII: censor in the Ministry of Information and Corporal

The Chrysalids Chrysalids: Means the hard shell of a moth or butterfly that has transformed. Setting: Thousands of years in the future, post-apocalypse rural Labrador. Inhabitants have vague recollection of the “old people”, a technologically advanced civilization which they believe was destroyed when God sent Tribulation to punish them for their sins. Point of View: First person from the perspective of the main character, ten year old David Strorm

Themes Prejudice and Discrimination Isolation and Alienation Coming of Age Power and Authority Heroism

Social Context WW2 Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaka Genocide of the Holocaust; anti-semitism

Social Context Cold War

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