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The Chrysalids, by John Wyndham is a great novel in my opinion. It occurs in the future but it focuses on
prejudices, intolerance and torture, issues that exist now and will always exist as long as we do. I believe the
novel has a very important message for readers today. In the novel, The Chrysalids, and in reality presently,
many human rights are being violated. First off, child abuse and torture is a major factor in the novel. Secondly,
the intolerance towards the women of Waknuk, and how they are treated. Lastly, the deportation of people to
other countries around the world, and other area's of Labrador.

The first issue that is a major concern in the novel, is the torture and abuse towards David, and other members in the novel. Every minute in the United States, children are physically and sexually abused, murdered, maimed, and emotionally scarred. David, the narrator of the novel, has encountured this abuse more than once. David is tortured numorous times,......

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