Tuesday, April 20, 2010

The Chrysalids - Sophie Wender

Sophie Wender is a young girl in the novel The Chrysalids, physically she had a deveation seperating her from the "norm." she always wears shoes hidding the secret to the naked eye. She wears a dress with a large cross embalished into the material so she can fit in with the other ladies of the community. Once Sophie moves into the fringes she begins to wear moccassins with tatterd skirts and even goes topeless with hair drapping over her bare chest. Sophies personality traits are:
-Uptight (she does not trust people, Rosalind - or David at first )
-Thankful (she is thankful towards David for helping her become her own self)
-Mysterious (does not show much emotion, lives mysteriously with her parents)

Sophie Wender is significant in this novel because she one of the characters that escapes to the Fringes - a community full of deveations - David and a few of his relatives will eventually meet up with Sophie and she will show them the Fringes and introduce them to the new community she takes residence in.

10 comments:

  1. Thank you, thats actually so useful basic information in which i need!

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    1. Ethan Jones. Nice name, how about you show some respect? Thanks child.

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  3. too bad i found this after my character analysis was due -.-

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    1. Thanks much! This was very helpful information

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  4. Sophe wender didn't escape to the fringes she was captured and then sent to the fringes by the inspectors of Waknuk but other than that thanks

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  5. Sophe wender didn't escape to the fringes she was captured and then sent to the fringes by the inspectors of Waknuk but other than that thanks

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