What scathing criticism does she make of the Old People? Why does she consider them “little better than savages?” Provide at least TWO reasons to support your answer.

The irony is that the Sealand woman, who is supposed to represent enlightenment, is little different than the closed-minded people of Waknuk. She belittles the old people in the same way that David's father might belittle fringe people. Sealand is, in the end, not a refuge from bigotry more than a continuation of it.