An Analysis Of David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas
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I chose to write a narrative that continues the story of the Archivist from the novel written by David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas. This character originated from the story An Orison of Sonmi~451.
I selected a minor character from the text that had enough influence on the readers to make him a relevant subject. However, he also was not too much of an irrelevant minor character. As that would have left too much potential for a narrative that ignored the tone, subject matter, stylistic features and themes.
Some of the creative choices I made depended on the features mentioned above. These were subject matter, themes, tone, stylistic features and structure. To effectively connect my text and the novel Cloud Atlas, I attempted to keep the subject matter and themes similar. In Cloud Atlas, these include a dystopia, dictatorship, …show more content…
The name of the protagonist and former Archivist is Ji-Won. This is because it means purpose, which is the main goal throughout the story, to find his own purpose in the world. His name also means will and determination. Relevant because after the interview with Sonmi~451 he develops an immense amount of will and determination to fight for the similar outcomes she wished to see through. The name of the Union, Gi-Beom, means to rise and stand up. Representing how the movement created a way for individuals to rise and stand up to Unanimity. It also means rule and law, which signifies how they wanted to destroy the rule and the law also existing and develop their own.
Additionally, I utilised some of the same names and characters from Cloud Atlas. One of these was the name of the person who conducts the interviews, the Archivist. For the name represented a career, not an individual. A character I chose to also incorporate into my story was Hae-Joo Chang. As he inspired and developed Sonmi’s passion for change and I chose for him to continue this within my
I chose to write a narrative that continues the story of the Archivist from the novel written by David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas. This character originated from the story An Orison of Sonmi~451.
I selected a minor character from the text that had enough influence on the readers to make him a relevant subject. However, he also was not too much of an irrelevant minor character. As that would have left too much potential for a narrative that ignored the tone, subject matter, stylistic features and themes.
Some of the creative choices I made depended on the features mentioned above. These were subject matter, themes, tone, stylistic features and structure. To effectively connect my text and the novel Cloud Atlas, I attempted to keep the subject matter and themes similar. In Cloud Atlas, these include a dystopia, dictatorship, …show more content…
The name of the protagonist and former Archivist is Ji-Won. This is because it means purpose, which is the main goal throughout the story, to find his own purpose in the world. His name also means will and determination. Relevant because after the interview with Sonmi~451 he develops an immense amount of will and determination to fight for the similar outcomes she wished to see through. The name of the Union, Gi-Beom, means to rise and stand up. Representing how the movement created a way for individuals to rise and stand up to Unanimity. It also means rule and law, which signifies how they wanted to destroy the rule and the law also existing and develop their own.
Additionally, I utilised some of the same names and characters from Cloud Atlas. One of these was the name of the person who conducts the interviews, the Archivist. For the name represented a career, not an individual. A character I chose to also incorporate into my story was Hae-Joo Chang. As he inspired and developed Sonmi’s passion for change and I chose for him to continue this within my