Throughout the story, we are discouraged by the way in which man treats his own kind. Before the story begins, their society originated from a nuclear war in which most of the world's population was destroyed. The people now refer this to "Tribulation". This effectively summarizes man's eternal fight with himself. Man does not know where to stop, even if it means almost destroying the earth. Much of this has to do with differences. And many of these differences are just physical or even spiritual. Any difference than what you are use to, often brings out a destructive side of humans. We often only want to accept "normal" people into our own society. The Chrysalids is a story that has much to do with this despicable, but commonly seen nature of humans.

People need to learn from past mistakes in order to survive in the future. The people from Waknuk did not, but the telepathic society, across the barren uninhabitable landscape, might have a chance at succeeding. They need to continue on considering future possibilities, and always thinking ahead to the long run.

Throughout the ages man has been at war with himself. As technology advanced, people abused its powers, and disregarded its consequences. Here in The Chrsysalids, humans went too far, and destroyed much of the earth. This all comes about from people hating any difference from themselves. Even after the Tribulation occurred, people soon forgot what happened, and they started the abusive behavior anew. The Waknukians did not learn. They did not accept anything different from each other, and banished any difference.

This really proves the destructive tendencies of mankind. It also shows that the fu

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