![]() ![]() There is also an underlining spiritual thread which binds the main characters to one another, be it through past life experiences or the novel’s greater proposal, that all beings on Earth, past and present, are eternally linked through the human condition.Įach of the six stories of Cloud Atlas are broken into two parts with the exception of Sloosha’s Crossin’: An’ Ev’rythi’ After, which is completed in one central section. The main characters do not directly interact with one another but their lives are infinitely connected and affected by the actions of the others. ![]() Each story segways into the next through character connections via letters, books, films, etc. No two stories are set in the same location, ranging from the English countryside to a futuristic Korea. ![]() The stories are vastly different in style, plot, and perspective, encompassing the lives of a nineteenth century notary, a post WWI musician playboy, a strong willed journalist in 1970s California, an aging literary editor in the early 21st century, a clone who sets out to instigate a rebellion, and a primitive youth surviving in a post-apocalyptic world. Each story is a completed tale within itself, yet their true significances lies in the connections between them, forming a collective whole. Cloud Atlas consists of six interconnected stories beginning with a voyage through the South Pacific in the nineteenth century and ending in a primitive post-apocalyptic Hawaii. ![]()
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