Old Georgie is an evil spirit who represents the opposite of the benevolent goddess Sonmi in the religion of Zachry and the Valleysmen people. In Zachry’s narration, Old Georgie seems like a real person who speaks and acts, so it isn’t clear whether Old Georgie is real, a hallucination, or just a metaphor. Old Georgie often tempts people to commit violence, and in Zachry’s mythology, Old Georgie even motivated the Fall (a nuclear holocaust that destroyed most of old civilization). Old Georgie is a physical embodiment of the forces that motivate characters to commit evil, in particular violence and selfishness.
Old Georgie Quotes in Cloud Atlas
The Cloud Atlas quotes below are all either spoken by Old Georgie or refer to Old Georgie. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 6
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Old Georgie’s path an’ mine crossed more times’n I’m comfy mem’ryin’, an’ after I’m died, no sayin’ what that fangy devil won’t try an’ do to me … so gimme some mutton an’ I’ll tell you ’bout our first meetin’. A fat joocesome slice, nay, none o’ your burnt wafery off’rin’s …
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Old Georgie Quotes in Cloud Atlas
The Cloud Atlas quotes below are all either spoken by Old Georgie or refer to Old Georgie. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 6
Quotes
Old Georgie’s path an’ mine crossed more times’n I’m comfy mem’ryin’, an’ after I’m died, no sayin’ what that fangy devil won’t try an’ do to me … so gimme some mutton an’ I’ll tell you ’bout our first meetin’. A fat joocesome slice, nay, none o’ your burnt wafery off’rin’s …
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