Chapters 5-6

Throughout the past few chapters, we see that the people of Waknuk really take what they believe seriously. Alan, the blacksmith's son, is one of the many characters that believes any person who has even the slightest deviation is wrong. While David and Sophie were playing in the stream, Alan noticed Sophie's footprint on a rock clearly showing her sixth toe. I wonder if Alan knew the problems Sophie would have to face when he told the people of Waknuk about her. Sophie's family left Waknuk to escape some of those consequences, but unfortunately were captured. David and Sophie had a great friendship, leaving the question if Sophie and her family will every come back to Waknuk. But I think that Sophie will eventually be killed because of her differences. In chapter six, the inspector says "Every part of the definition is as important as any other; and if a child doesn't come within it, then it isn't human, and that means it doesn't have a soul. It is not in the image of God, it is an imitation, and in the imitations there is always some mistake." I think this quote is interesting because in their community they think that if someone isn't perfect, they aren't considered a human or made in the image of God. But us as Christians believe that no one is perfect and everyone is made in the image of God. The people of Waknuk definitely have some strange beliefs.