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The Brilliance That Is Cloud Atlas Some authors have the natural ability to enthrall the reader from the beginning, weave plots that are both entertaining and suspenseful, and end the book with the reader asking, “How in the world did he do that?” David Mitchell does just that in his award-winning novel, Cloud Atlas. Cloud Atlas is a science-fiction book that employs six different plots simultaneously yet separately. Mitchell utilizes different settings that span across ages and continents, shapes multiple plots, and alludes to the separate plots to link them together across the novel. He uses this literary structure not just to entertain the reader, but also to share a belief and realization. Cloud Atlas is not necessarily set in one time period or place; it is set in several ages and locations, from the 19th Century South Pacific islands to California in the …show more content…

This story, set in dystopian Korea, is about a “fabricant” named Sonmi-451. She was genetically engineered to work in a fast-food restaurant. That is the only thing she was allowed to do; she was, in a sense, a slave. One evening, she saw a lost episode of a TV show called The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish. In it, she saw Cavendish fighting oppression. This leads her to have rebellious thoughts. With the aid of a commander of the rebellion against the current society, she escapes and joins the rebellion. She becomes the face of the rebellion and writes the Declarations that tell about the horrible truths of the current society. They are very inspirational. The final plot is called Sloosha’s Crossin’ an’ Ev’rythin’ After (Mitchell, Cloud Atlas). This is the central plot in the novel, and it is the only uninterrupted one. This story is set in a post-apocalyptic future long after Sonmi’s time. The native people in this future Hawaii worship the great goddess called Sonmi. Their belief is based on her

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