There comes a time in every person's life when toys are no longer toys but mere nuisances, when you worry more about finding a job than that new phone , and where your dreams of Santa and the Tooth Fairy begin to fade. At the stage where every young adult experiences this metamorphosis, between the ages of ten and eighteen, the choices you make shape your future. In the case of David Storm, protagonist of John Wyndham's novel The Chrysalids, the choices he is forced to make are a little more extreme than usual, but the same principles still apply. David must realize his true identity and how it differs from the society he grew up in, must find differences between his father's views and his own, and ultimately must accept that the world he he knows isn't as sure as he thought. . Throughout the novel, as David Storm matures and faces many difficult choices, he becomes a harsher and more bitter character. At the beginning of Chrysalids, we meet David as a ten-year-old boy who has conformed to his parents' strict demands. standards. David then meets a girl named Sophie, who turns out to be a mutant, something he should be afraid of. It is then that David begins to question his father's beliefs, as shown in the quote: “A blasphemy was, as I had often enough been made to understand, a fearful thing. However, there was nothing scary about Sophie. She was just an ordinary little girl” (Wyndham 14). This phrase is the spark that will ignite the fire of rebellion inside David, as he realizes that his father's beliefs may not be morally correct and are often wrong. Naturally, David begins to feel a little betrayed by his father for leading him astray and imposing false beliefs on him, and the middle of the paper's life turns into what it is in the end. the novel. Some of them help him change for the better, but many of them change him for the worse. So yes, David became more himself, escaped Waknuk's society and started a new life in Zealand. However, he was also betrayed by his own father, kicked out of his home, and persecuted by people he knew and cared about simply because of telepathy. All of these factors, ultimately, make David a more mature and resilient character, but also make him rather resentful towards Waknuk society or the world in general. Growing up is always an uphill battle, but for someone like David Storm, the path is even tougher. Yet, he ultimately managed to reach the top, despite all the adversities he faced. This is truly the mark of a person willing to give up everything to finally succeed...