Then we worked on the chapter 14 questions on the board, and read quietly and prepared for the Chrysalids test next day, Thursday.
Here's a nugget of information for the test: the title of the novel is a reference to perhaps, two things. A Chrysalis is a cocoon, right? A Chrysalid, then, could be a reference to the telepaths -- they are themselves, symbolically, like butterflies emerging from a cocoon. They are completely different than the rest of the people of Waknuk and, now that their telepathy is known to everyone, they have emerged different than the rest of Waknuk -- in the same way that a caterpillar metamorphoses into a butterfly.
Or you could also say that the telepaths who go to Sealand in the helicopter are exiting the cocoon of Waknuk and are going to emerge as their true selves in Sealand.
And, if you think about it, you yourself are a "Chrysalid". You are in the cocoon of adolescence and, when all is said and done, you'll emerge as a beautiful, thoughtful, intelligent adult.
NOTE: The word chrysalids or chrysalis is never used in the novel.
