The Chrysalids

by John Wyndham

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The Chrysalids

Satire in John Wyndham's The Chrysalids is used to critique rigid religious beliefs through irony and ridicule. In Chapter 4, Uncle Angus Morton mocks Magistrate Strorm's dogmatic adherence to...

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The Chrysalids

The splinter incident in Chapter 3 of The Chrysalids satirizes the absurdity of religious extremism and totalitarian control. David's innocent remark about needing a third hand is exaggeratedly...

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