Introduction
Characters
Outline
Plot Summary
Setting
Atmosphere
Theme

Style
Maps
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Test 01
Test 02

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CHAPTER FOURTEEN

The Spider-Man

 

Vocabulary


symbiosis -  aberrateously -  miscegenate -  homogeneal -  consensus


Analysis

  1. This a chapter of crisis. What predicament are David, Rosalind, and Petra in?

  2. The author now follows two major directions to sustain suspense. Mention them, and explain how the author uses them to maintain suspense.

  3. In your own words retell the Sealand woman's explanation of her country. In what ways is the novel made more believable as a result?

  4. In your own words tell what the Sealand philosophy is.

  5. David's conversation with the Spider-Man serves two purposes. Mention them.

  6. In what way is the philosophy of the Fringe people similar to that of the people of Waknuk?

  7. In what way does the Spider-Man's story explain Joseph Strorm's behaviour?

Links in the Chain

One way of tying a story together is through the use of motifs. Motifs are incidents, Images, or ideas which appear again and again in a novel. Like links in a chain, they serve to unite a story.


Directions


Some motifs in The Chrysalids are listed below. List four examples of these motifs from the book. Then answer the questions that follow.


Motif

  1. Death
  2. Lack of personal freedom
  3. Cruelty
  4. Punishment
  5. Humiliation
  6. Weather conditions
  7. Kindness and compassion
  8. Jealousy
  9. Superstition

Questions

  1. Mention one way in which motif 3 is linked to motif 5 in the book?
  2. Mention one way in which motif 2 is linked to motif in the book?
  3. Mention one way in which motif 6 is linked to motif 9 in the book?
  4. Mention one way in which motif 4 is linked to motif 7 in the book?
  5. Mention one way in which motif 1 is linked to motif 2 in the book?
  6. Mention one way in which motif 1 is linked to motif 7 in the book?
  7. Mention one way in which motif 3 is linked to motif 9 in the book?

One Step Further


Review your study of motifs. Then write an essay explaining how three of the motifs below are in some way present at or connected to the climax of the novel.

  1. Death
  2. Intolerance
  3. Punishment
  4. Weather conditions
  5. Kindness and compassion
  6. Devote a paragraph apiece to the discussion of each motif.


Introduction - Characters - Outline - Style - Chapter 1 - Chapter 2 - Chapter 3 - Chapter 4 - Chapter 5 - Chapter 6 - Chapter 7 - Chapter 8 - Chapter 9 - Chapter 10 - Chapter 11 - Chapter 12 - Chapter 13 - Chapter 14 - Chapter 15 - Chapter 16 - Chapter 17 - Test 1 - Test 2 - Map 1 - Map 2 - Map 3