David Strorm, Character from "The Chrysalids" by John Wyndham

A beautiful city, clustered with things from inside his head, things he had never seen before, was what the young boy dreamt of. At ten years old, David met Sophie, a special young girl, taking in every detail very clearly about her. David seemed to have an attitude much more mature than his years should have brought. This may have been because he didn't feel he really had any one to truly confide in because his community was so narrow-minded whereas he wasn't. David didn't take others opinion as his own, but decided upon his own opinion, developing an eye to see things unbiased, as most young children can't do after being so strongly pressured by their parents to see things their way. …