The
book starts out describing a bit about the society which David, the books main
protagonist, lives in. In this society any sort of a difference in a creature
is considered “a blasphemy against the true Image of God and hateful in the
sight of God.” This is especially relevant in the book as David befriends a
girl who was born with an extra toe on each foot. I believe that this is an
absolutely revolting belief for people to have as it destroys the lives of
those around them. David’s family is confident in these beliefs to such an
extent that they have readings such as, “The Devil is the father of deviation.”
displayed on the walls of their house. These signs are frightening in my
opinion as they consider all people who are different to be Devil spawn. This
is a social injustice because no one should be condemned to a life of cruelty
because they are different and they can’t do anything about it. I found it
interesting that the people have not yet guessed the cause of the deviations. I
find it revolting that they cast out those who are different, burn any deviated
crops, and slaughter the deformed livestock. I also found it sad that Sophie, a
girl who has six toes on each foot, is forced to live a life of isolation and secrecy
without being able to alter her situation at all. It is similar to being cursed
since birth.
you are very inteligent in this book i like how you talked about the devil spawn that are in the story
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you have always been great at writing great job Meg
ReplyDeleteIts a good piece of writing, Meg. I totally agree with your point of view on how they treat "mutants". I also enjoyed your two sentence summary :P I cant wait to read more from you
ReplyDeleteGreat work. I like your line:
ReplyDelete"I found it interesting that the people have not yet guessed the cause of the deviations."
It makes me wonder - do they really care about the cause of the deviations? They seem pretty content on simply believing it to be the work of the devil.
Also, your line
"no one should be condemned to a life of cruelty because they are different and they can’t do anything about it."
make me think about how we treat one another - are their groups that we unfairly judge?
Great work - very insightful.
Thanks for the positive feedback!
DeleteI must agree that, as unfortunate as it seems, they do appear to be content with simply exiling the deviated people and destroying all other deviations without even searching for the cause. These people seem to think that the deviations are caused by the devil trying to lure them into sinfulness by creating unholy creatures that appear to be human. However, find it hard to believe that not one single person in all this time has thought that there may be more of an explanation than simply that it was the devil's work.
I believe that the way we treat people in our society is often swayed by our biased opinions and results in us treating specific groups of people as if they weren't as good as us or even as if they were better than us. I think that this is a very prominent issue in our culture and I am surprised that so many people overlook such stereotyping even now. I believe that we will never be able to completely ignore peoples differences and because of that we will always have prejudices but we should at least try and be aware of these issues and try not to ignore them.