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The Inspector is in charge of granting Certificates of Normalcy to newborn Waknukians and determining what is and is not made in the Image of God. He and Joseph Strorm disagree about whether great-horses should be classified as Mutations. The Inspector is not as uncompromising in his beliefs as is Joseph, and, unlike Joseph, he is kind to David when he finds out that David has concealed Sophie’s mutation. He grants Petra a Certificate of Normalcy because she looks like a normal child.
The Inspector Quotes in The Chrysalids
The The Chrysalids quotes below are all either spoken by The Inspector or refer to The Inspector. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 6
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“Well, every part of the definition is as important as any other; and if a child doesn’t come within it, then it isn’t human, and that means it doesn’t have as soul. It is not in the image of God, it is an imitation, and in the imitations there is always some mistake. Only God produces perfection, so although deviations may look like us in many ways, they cannot be really human. They are something quite different.”
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The Inspector Quotes in The Chrysalids
The The Chrysalids quotes below are all either spoken by The Inspector or refer to The Inspector. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 6
Quotes
“Well, every part of the definition is as important as any other; and if a child doesn’t come within it, then it isn’t human, and that means it doesn’t have as soul. It is not in the image of God, it is an imitation, and in the imitations there is always some mistake. Only God produces perfection, so although deviations may look like us in many ways, they cannot be really human. They are something quite different.”
Related Characters:
Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
