In this novel the differences between people are not physical but mental as well. The novel's narrator is a left-handed, brown haired man called David, one of the chrysalids. When he was small, he sometimes dreamed of a city that was different from Waknuk. David has the power to communicate with his mind and it is called thought-shapes. However, he is unable to communicate with everyone by using thought-shapes. He can only communicate with people who have telepathic power. On the other hand, he lives in a world where people think of themselves as normal and the Norms try to destroy those who are abnormal. He makes friends with Sophie, the mutant, when he was ten. He keeps her as a secret but is still afraid that her secret will be revealed one day. Nevertheless, she still goes out to the Fringe because Alan Ervin discovers Sophie has six toes and goes telling David's father and

Gordon Strorm is Joseph's older brother and the leader of the Fringe community. Everyone calls him Spiderman because he is 18 inches taller than anyone else and his arms are long and thin. He is normal until he was four when his mutation shows up and he is sent to live in the Fringe. At the end of the story, he tried to keep Rosalind and Petra captive because he wanted Rosalind to give him a normal baby. He is supposed to inherit Waknuk but because he is a mutant, Joseph got it instead. There is a war between Joseph and Gordon at the end of the novel because Joseph wants to invade the Fringe community to catch David. At last, Gordon and his lover Sophie die in the skirmish.

Petra Strorm is the youngest member in Strorm family. She is a happy child and pretty since she was a baby with her close golden curls, so everyone loves her so much. She is the youngest and most powerful chrysalid in the group. Her powers start showing when she is six and comes only when she is terrified. She has the ability to command other group members and block out all the other chrysalids when she communicates. In chapter 11, Petra rides her pony into the woods and is attacked by an animal. She sends out a distress signal and the others are forced to rescue her. Then, Rosalind, Michael, David, and Rachel show up to rescue Petra. This makes the Waknuk people suspicious and the group begins to escape to the Fringe. Petra has the ability to communicate with other chraysalids over a far distance, so she begins to communicate with the Sealand woman who rescues them at the end of the story.

The Sealand woman is the one who rescues David, Petra and Rosalind to Seala

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Approximate Word count = 1119
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)