Character analysis. David in the novel The Chrysalids is the main character. He learns at a very young age that he is different from most people his age.

his family because he is different from them. He overcomes this isolation by finding others like him. David is able to think in thought shapes and he finds 8 others from the Town of Waknuk who can do the same. This helps him feel that he is not alone and that he is like others. David has an uncle Axel, who knows about Davids thought shapes and about the other 8 people. David can talk to him and it helps him understand his difference and help him overcome it. Petra, David’s sister, can also think in thought shapes. This helps David feel he his closer to someone in his family because she is like him. David feels isolated and threatened from the Waknuk community because of his differences and he must face his enemies courageously. David, overtime, gains many enemies because of his difference. The community was his biggest enemy because he feels isolated from them. The people of Waknuk are all the same and David is different. David faces his enemy by living with then for most of his life and he had a great risk of being caught by town officials. It was hard for David to fit in with the society he lived in. The town could not tell that David was different but he knew his differences and that was hard for him to deal with, but he did. David faced his fears everyday because a new situation would arise and it would remind him and highlight his difference. Even though he was different, it did not stop him from enjoying his life in Waknuk and by not letting his difference bother him he had won the first battle between him and his enemies. The second was much harder. The Town of Waknuk found out about Davids difference and sent him away to the Fringes. David had to adapt to a new culture. Petra’s ability helped her communicate with others away form Waknuk. She was able to talk to a woman from a place called Sealand. The society was different, form that of Waknuk. Everyone was accepted for who they were and not what they looked like. The woman from Sealand was coming to save Petra, Rosalind (David’s cousin) and David. She was going to take them to Sealand to live e a life they had always dreamed of. The y would not feel isolated anymore, and would be accepted by all. Most of the Sealand people were able to think in though shapes and the three (Petra, Rosalind and David) from Waknuk would fit in perfectly. David, knowing only waknuk, was willing to live in Sealand and this was a very heroic decision because he did not know what obstacles lay ahead.Isolation, face enemies and adapt to a new culture is what David did with courage and overcame all these obstacles. It was not easy David to overcome the feeling of never being accepted in his own family. He had to face enemies that were much braver and stronger than he was. He had to adapt to a new culture he knew nothing about. He overcame each of there and did so with courage, understating, love and self pride. He out all his strength into it and he succeeded. He looked out for the 8 friends he had made and wanted the best for all of them. This novel tells the reader that whatever, he/she puts their mind to; they can always accomplish and overcome anything in life.