The Chrysalids Chapter 8 Questions (if you have read this novel can y'all please help answer? even if you only know one question):

1. Why, according to Axel, were the accepted patterns of the Old People not necessarily the best?

2. For what reasons does Axel say that physical deviation is unimportant?

3. In what important way does Axel see man developing? How must man face this new change?

4. How is Axel's theory in opposition to the society in which he lives? Why would these thoughts be considered "dangerous"? Would the reaction of Axel's society to his "theory" be in keeping with human nature as we know it?

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile