Cloud Atlas
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11
Themes
All Themes Cycles of History Greed Slavery and Imprisonment Aging and Mortality
Quotes
Characters
All Characters Adam Ewing Robert Frobisher Luisa Rey Timothy Cavendish Sonmi~451 Zachry Bailey The Archivist Meronym Rufus Sixsmith Dermot Hoggins Dr. Henry Goose Vyvyan Ayrs Eva Alberto Grimaldi Lester Rey Joe Napier Bill Smoke Yoona~939 Hae-Joo Im Old Georgie Captain Molyneux Isaac Sachs Fay Li Denholme Cavendish Mrs. Noakes Boardman Mephi Javier Gomez Papa Song Seer Ree The Abbess of the Valleysmen Boom-Sook Kim Pa Bailey Adam Bailey Wing~027 The Abbess of the Mountain Colonists Ernie Blacksmith Duophysite Megan Dom Grelsch Autua
Symbols
All Symbols The Comet Birthmark Hawaii
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Allegory Allusions Dialect Dramatic Irony Foreshadowing Genre Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Oxymorons Personification Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone Unreliable Narrator
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Cloud Atlas

by David Mitchell

Cloud Atlas Literary Devices

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