Valis

Who is David from Valis and what is their importance?

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A friend of Horselover Fat's, David (surname never given) struggles with Fat's theories whenever they diverge from Roman Catholic orthodoxy. He has an underage girlfriend, Jan. After they see the science fiction film Valis, David is pleased that it depicts that whatever God does and believes is real. He and the skeptical Kevin are with Philip K. Dick and Fat, charter members of the Rhipidon Society. David objects to the first name suggested, Siddhartha Society, because it is non-Christian. When the foursome meets two-year-old Sophia Lampton, whom her parents proclaim to be the promised Savior, David is remarkably pliant, perhaps proving that Sophia is able to control minds. When Fat goes off on his quest, Kevin runs a successful tobacco shop