2) Library - Take out The Chrysalids
3) Introduction - Read:
The Chrysalids is set in the future after a devastating global nuclear war. The situation we entertained on Friday has happened - the world as we know it has ended and you are entering a sort of back-to-basics form of living somewhere in Newfoundland.
David, the young hero (protagonist) of the novel, lives in a tight-knit community of religious and genetic fundamentalists, who exist in a state of constant alert for any deviation from what they perceive as the norm of God’s creation, deviations broadly classified as “offenses” and “blasphemies.” Offenses consist of plants and animals that are in any way unusual, and these are publicly burned to the accompaniment of the singing of hymns.
Blasphemies are human beings—ones who show any sign of abnormality, however trivial. They are banished from human society, cast out to live in the wild country where, as the authorities say, nothing is reliable and the devil does his work.
David, the young hero (protagonist) of the novel, lives in a tight-knit community of religious and genetic fundamentalists, who exist in a state of constant alert for any deviation from what they perceive as the norm of God’s creation, deviations broadly classified as “offenses” and “blasphemies.” Offenses consist of plants and animals that are in any way unusual, and these are publicly burned to the accompaniment of the singing of hymns.
Blasphemies are human beings—ones who show any sign of abnormality, however trivial. They are banished from human society, cast out to live in the wild country where, as the authorities say, nothing is reliable and the devil does his work.
David grows up surrounded by admonitions: KEEP PURE THE STOCK OF THE LORD; WATCH THOU FOR THE MUTANT.
4) Read - teacher reading... (about 15-20 minutes)
Keep in mind, all of our discussions about dystopias, our social experiment on Friday...
5) Begin Questions
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