In the words of the Houghton Mifflin Canadian dictionary, deviation is defined as "an abnormality, a departure". David Strorm, the protagonist in the novel The Crysalids written by John Wyndham, lives in a community that scarfs out against all types of deviation abnormalities. The reader notices Joseph Strorm (David's father) uses his occupation as an advantage to destroy and abominate all type of human alteration. For instance, Joseph used his substantially moral mind to deny the request of David's aunty Harriet to trade babies to get the needed certificate, "She's a lovely baby-except for that. She is, isn't she?" (pg. 70) As a result Harriet and the bab