Role Of David In Chrysalids

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Who is David? In the book Chrysalids, David Strorm, tries to find out who he is in the world. He gradually comes closer to finding out who he is as he progresses over the years. This book also follows the heroes journey by joseph campbellas. David sets off on his task to find out who he is, or his departure, when he meets a young girl named Sophie. Sophie is the first deviation that David ever meets but she was just like any ordinary kid. This confuses David because he was always told that Deviations are the Devils child and that they should be killed. This raises a lot of questions for David, and soon will start to ask who David Strorm is. When David found out about Sophies extra toe he always wondered why the secrecy if it just one

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