Cloud Atlas

by

David Mitchell

The Comet Birthmark

The comet-shaped birthmark that several characters share represents all that connects humans across time and space. Many comets, like the famous Hailey’s Comet, follow an elliptical orbit and travel past Earth at regular intervals. Similarly…

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Hawaii

Throughout the novel, Hawaii symbolizes how most humans live both in isolation and as part of a larger society at the same time. Although the stories of Cloud Atlas take place in a wide variety…

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