Seer Ree is a “pureblood” human who manages the fabricants at a location of the restaurant Papa Song’s, where Sonmi~451 and Yoona~393 live. He doesn’t seem to enjoy his life—his wife openly cheats on him, and he often gets intoxicated on Soap, a substance that wipes the memories of the replicant workers. Seer Ree eventually overdoses on Soap in an apparent suicide, introducing Sonmi to the concept of death. Seer Ree shows how in a hyper-consumerist society, life isn’t necessarily much better for the managers than for the workers.
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Seer Ree Character Timeline in Cloud Atlas
The timeline below shows where the character Seer Ree appears in Cloud Atlas. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 5
...the risks he’s taken to interview Sonmi, who is a well-known heretic. He asks about Seer Rhee , whose journal played a big role in Sonmi’s trial. Sonmi describes Seer Rhee as...
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...to having Papa Song know everything she knows. Yoona takes Sonmi to the office of Seer Rhee , who is unconscious on his desk. Yoona explains that every 10 days, Seer Rhee...
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...sees Yoona, just at the elevator door is closing. The whole restaurant erupts in chaos. Seer Rhee comes out to see what’s happening, but he gets trampled by customers. The elevator comes...
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...wakes to the sound of breaking glass and goes to investigate. She goes over to Seer Rhee ’s room and finds him face-down on the floor and bleeding next to a used...
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...she can stay at the restaurant and wait for DNA sniffers to connect her to Seer Rhee .
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