Chapters 15-17

In the final chapters, David notices he is being dragged by Sophie to safety. Since the beginning of the book, Sophie has changed. In chapter 15, one of the biggest changes is when Sophie kills the guard from the Fringes to rescue Rosalind and Petra. Having been treated so unjustly by the people of Waknuk, she has become more capable of violence.
 One of the themes seen in this book is change. The title, “The Chrysalids”, means the changing of a caterpillar to a butterfly. As the characters mature, they slowly adapt to their society with their differences. Also, the girl from Zealand that saved David, Rosalind, and Petra quoted on page 196 “The essential quality of life is living; the essential quality of living is change; change is evolution: and we are part of it.” I don’t think this is true because change isn’t the essential quality of living, but instead our faith is. Though many things do change not everything does.
The ending of the book didn’t surprise me. David, Rosalind, and Petra were rescued by the girl from Zealand and brought to David’s dream city. The book clearly explained Waknuk, the Fringes, and Zealand but what was the rest of the world like? Did they treat mutants the same way as Waknuk did?