Do you think David and Rosalind are a good match? Why or why not?
No, not really, but because they are half related and that there fathers hate eachother it would not go over well and not a lot of people are very accepting in this community.
"half-unlce Angus, Rosalind's father."(98)
"My father, in his determination to maintain a higher level of rectitude than Angus, had made considerable personal sacrifices."(98)
As Anastasia said, it's not a very good match. If they stayed in Waknuk, chances are they wouldn't be able to stay together due to their fathers' differences. Of course theres no fairness in that; why should their battle decide their childrens' love? But still, they're related. Maybe Wyndham used this to show how the world had reverted back to times when incest was common.
I think David and Rosalind are a good match. Besides the fact that their parents' differences and the fact that their related, which was okay in their time period, David loves Rosalind for who she is. He constantly talks about how she puts up armor and how much he loves it when she takes it down. From the text you can tell he really likes her and she probably feels the same.
Like the others pointed out, they are related. This forces me to lean towards 'no'. They would get in to a lot of trouble had they been together and anyone finding out. The reason I say no is because the fact that their related would cause any children they had together to have defects. I'm not talking physical defects. There is a good chance that any children they had could be born with some sort of mental disability, which may also be seen as a deviation in the eyes of the people of Waknuk.
No, not at all because they are related in a way and that would be incest which wrong. If David and Rosalind were not related than they would make a great couple. They both can communicate telepathically and love each other for who they are. Apart from their fathers hating each other and the fact that they are related, they get along well and there is no chance of a norm finding out their secret.
I would like to say that they would not be a very good match, simply because they are half cousins, but I actually think that they would be a good match, like Lindsay said. He is clearly attracted to her, "She was handsome, with a face you could not help watching; she was attractive, too, in the way she moved and carried herself," (93). He loves her for everything she is and does. They get along and they clearly have chemistry, but then again they are related.
I agree with Amanda and Lindsay, Rosalind and David seem like a good match. They may be related, but that might have not mattered in their time period. I think that David really cares about Rosalind and knows her very well since they grew up together. He understands all of her different sides. He shares, "Rosalind was calling me; the real Rosalind the one who dwelt inside and showed herself too seldom" (p. 149). He also knows her very well since he can read her thought shapes, which creates a strong connection between them. He thinks she's attractive and shares,"I loved the bronze-gold hair that felt like heavy silk in one's hand"(p. 149).Their fathers may hate eachother, but I don't think they'll be returning to Waknuk anytime soon since they're not accepted there.
I would also say no that rosalind and david aren't a good match because they are related to eachother. If they were not related on the other hand i think they would then be a great couple, they both love eachother, can comunicate telepathicly and love eachother for who they really are.
In my opinion, I think David and Rosalind are a great couple. I agree with the point where they are described as related to each other. Yes, it is wrong but, on their period of tim, perhaps there was nothing wrong with it. They both love eachother, can communicate telepathicly. Also I think if they ever fal in deep love it would create some conflicts aswell. David's and Rosalind's parents hate each other and if they find out that both of their children are in love, perhaps it would create the problem even much greater through the family.
Quite frankly love works anyway it wants, we can not help what we love. Now it is strange because they're related, but they aren't by blood, hence the half-cousin so it's only by marriage that they're related. You can't really judge love because it's easier said than done, like giving it up because to some people it's considered "wrong". Truthfully it's none of anyones business of what personal relationships people have with one another.