The Chrysalids Setting

This Study Guide consists of approximately 45 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Chrysalids.

The Chrysalids Setting

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Waknuk

Waknuk is a highly puritanical community set in Labrador after a nuclear fallout. Although Waknuk used to be on the frontier of the Badlands, it has become much more secure over the past few decades, insinuating that the radioactivity is falling off and nature is reclaiming the earth. Waknuk is characterized by extreme piety and intolerance for the other. The people in the rural town resemble the Puritans in the 17th century, who also fancied themselves closer to God than other people. Although Waknuk considers itself the epitome of creation, they are another example of a self-important and arrogant community who feel superior to others based on arbitrary grounds.

Fringes

The Fringes is a desolate wasteland where the mutants, so-called Deviations, are forced to live after they are banished from Waknuk. The landscape is still heavily affected by radioactivity, with bizarre-looking flora and fauna to outsiders. The land...

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