John Wyrndham, the author of The Chrysalis, is an extraordinary writer who created this book in the state of two totally different worlds. Wyrndham based this book on the different points of view towards blasphemy and how the characters all have a different approach on the topic. The three widest ranges in different reactions to swearing would come from the characters: Joseph Strorm, Aunt Harriet, and Sophie Wender. Joseph Strorm is the character in the novel who has the greatest antipathy towards blasphemy. Joseph is the father of David Strorm. He firmly believes in God and his life is based on his religion: "La Norma is the image of God". (p.27) In the book the reader gets the idea that Joseph is not a good father and is very strict: "I'll take care of this. The boy is lying. Go to your room." (p.51) He is a cruel and inhumane person towards anyone who has or is involved in a deviation. The reader would see this attitude when Aunt Harriet visits the Strorms and takes her deviant daughter with her: "Send her away. Tell her to leave the house – and take him with her." (p.71) Joseph showed no sympathy towards his sister-in-law. Aunt Harriet is the sister of David's mother, Mrs. Strorm. He enters the story halfway through the book, where he goes to Mrs. Strorm for help. Yet the help he is seeking is not something Mrs. Strorm agrees with: "Nothing! You have the nerve to bring your monster into my house and tell me it's nothing!" (p.70) Aunt Harriet is very loving, strong and fights for what she thinks is the right thing: "I will pray to God to send into this horrible world, sympathy for the weak and love for the unhappy and unfortunate. ." (p.73) Aunt Harriet is also evidence of what happens to people who have a deviation or who try to protect someone with a deviation: "Aunt Harriet's body was found in a river, no one said anything about a child …." (p.74) She is a woman with a very strong-willed heart and is one of the very few people in this period who is willing to express her opinion. Sophie Wender is also another female fighter in this book. David and Sophie are close childhood friends when she is separated from the community because she has a sixth toe.