The Chrysalids - Metamorphosis Theme: David, Environment, Community

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The Chrysalids
<Tab/>The title "The Chrysalids" signifies that it is a novel about change. The word "chrysalid" is related to the word "chrysalis", which means "the form which butterflies, moths, and most other insects assume when they change from the state of larva or caterpillar and before they arrive at their winged or perfect state". Or in simpler terms, it is the state where the caterpillar does most, if not all, of its change into a butterfly. Change can happen anywhere, whether it be in a physical form, such as the caterpillar turning into a bu…