Chapters 3 & 4

              In these chapters of the Chrysalids, Dave is quickly showing us his everyday life of school, lunch, visiting Sophie and so on. In their adventures, they go to see an old steam engine. They discuss how the Old People had better engines, and that they could even fly. I think that the Old People lived in a futuristic society with hover cars, and planes. The people in these times just perceived it as flying, but the gossip about them might have changed the whole story. Later on, when Dave goes home, notices I got a splinter. He takes it out and roughly bandages it. When his mother notices, she scolds him and repairs it. David then says, "I could have managed it if I'd had another hand." and His father freaks out. They all pray for him, and then is sent to his room to pray alone. He had blasphemed. David is starting to understand the seriousness of the promise he made to Mrs. Wender, Sophie's mom. I think because of this event, David will seek justice for people like Sophie.

              In chapter four, we, and Uncle Axel, discover that David and his half cousin Rosalind have the special ability to communicate through telepathy. The two and a group of others promise to keep their abilities secret. This will come in handy, as some will say they're mutants if they found out. I think because of this, they will run away together with David to find the city. In the next scene, the Fringes attack the civilization. And of course, they lose and their chiefs are taken captive. While they're paraded through the district, they stop at David's house. To Dave's surprise the one man looks exactly like his father except messier and longer. I think this means that there is a mutant of everyone living in the Fringes land. The Fringes are an exact copy of Waknuk and all the other civilized places, except wilder. The two "twins" will have much in common, but I think the Fringe version will be a lot more kind, compassionate, and loving than the religious, whitewashed hypocrites of Waknuk. I think they'll help each other out in the end, humanize the "civilized" people and educate the Fringes.