The Chrysalids

What scathing criticism does she make of the Old People? Why does she consider them “little better than savages?” Provide at least TWO reasons to support your answer.

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The irony is that the Sealand woman, who is supposed to represent enlightenment, is little different than the closed-minded people of Waknuk. She belittles the old people in the same way that David's father might belittle fringe people. Sealand is, in the end, not a refuge from bigotry more than a continuation of it.