The resolution of a novel is important as it summarizes the themes and issues expressed by the author in the novel, giving the audience a better understanding of what is trying to be said. No matter what themes and issues are presented in a novel, the ending is always the section that is most satisfying from the reader's perspective. It is where you find out what happens to the characters, whether they live or die and if they are crowned as heroes or punished as enemies. To find evidence to prove that the ending is important and to see what changes occur to the characters by the time the ending takes place. I have examined the novel The Chrysalids by John Wyndham.

The novel revolves around the people of the village Waknuk, a large village that has survived the trials and tribulations brought upon by a nuclear war between the old people. These people live in a constant fear of being genetically different. This fear has occurred because men like Joseph Storm and his employee Jacob share a strict religious belief, that being different means not being in the true image of god. There for the mutant characters in

Throughout the novel the characters are constantly changing and by the end they are different to who they once were. David the main character in The Chrysalids, narrates the story of his early life. He explains dreams that he had been having for years about buildings, cars and boats in a harbour. He progresses over the years, developing his telepathic skills along with a select group of others with the same abilities. As he matures his responsibilities increase. He changes from looking after just himself to also making sure no one finds out about his younger sister's telepathic powers. By the end of the story he had changed from a fearful young boy who is afraid of his father to a determined young man who risks all to get his sister Petra and future wife Rosalind away from the terror of Waknuk. Sophie is another example of change. She was born into a well off family and lived a normal life, the difference however is the fact that she had six toes on each foot. Her life changed dramatically when she was discovered. She was outcast to the Fringes where she lived an appalling life and was also unable to have children as she was sterilized as a child. This culminated in her death near the end of the novel.

"I shall pray to God to send charity into this hideous world, and sympathy for the weak, and love

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