Wing~027 is an ascended “disasterman” fabricant. He seems to be as intelligent as a human and is able to survive in extreme conditions. Although Wing and Sonmi~451 only meet twice, he gives her some important advice that helps her to ascend. When one of Boom-Sook’s friends makes a careless mistake in an experiment, Wing ends up being burned to death. Wing’s death, which the postgrads treat as comedy instead of tragedy, highlights how casually the upper class treat the lives of the lower class as well as how some people miss seeing the humanity in others.
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Wing~027 Character Timeline in Cloud Atlas
The timeline below shows where the character Wing~027 appears in Cloud Atlas. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 5
...at the university doing nothing but staying in place and observing. Eventually, a replicant named Wing~027 comes and asks Sonmi what she’s doing. He is a “disasterman,” able to survive in...
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...overhears another student, Hae-Joo Im, telling Boom-Sook that a mutual friend of theirs accidentally burned Wing~027 up in an experiment. The other student finds this funny, but Boom-Sook looks at Sonmi....
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Chapter 7
...like Hae-Joo and Mephi were following the script. She brings up plot holes, like how Wing~027 seemed just as stably ascended as she was, implying that she was not as unique...
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