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Dr. Henry Goose is a strange Englishman who meets up with Adam Ewing while they’re both on the Chatham Isles. Henry initially tells Adam that he’s in the area to collect teeth, all as part of an elaborate revenge plot against some people in Britain who have disrespected him. Eventually, he and Adam seem to bond and become friends over chess, but Henry reveals at the end of the book that he has been poisoning Adam the whole time in order to steal his possessions. Henry’s behavior is unsettling—he pretends to be Adam’s friend for months, all so that he has a chance to kill him for a little bit of money. Henry views other humans as little more than pieces of meat, and he represents the lengths people will go to for the sake of greed.
Dr. Henry Goose Quotes in Cloud Atlas
The Cloud Atlas quotes below are all either spoken by Dr. Henry Goose or refer to Dr. Henry Goose. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 1
Quotes
Beyond the Indian hamlet, upon a forlorn strand, I happened on a trail of recent footprints. Through rotting kelp, sea cocoa-nuts & bamboo, the tracks led me to their maker, a White man, his trowzers & Pea-jacket rolled up, sporting a kempt beard & an outsized Beaver, shoveling & sifting the cindery sand with a teaspoon so intently that he noticed me only after I had hailed him from ten yards away. Thus it was, I made the acquaintance of Dr. Henry Goose, surgeon to the London nobility.
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Chapter 9
Quotes
“I ask three simple questions. How did he get that power? How is he using it? And how can it be taken off the sonofabitch?”
Chapter 11
Quotes
“The weak are meat the strong do eat.”
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Dr. Henry Goose Quotes in Cloud Atlas
The Cloud Atlas quotes below are all either spoken by Dr. Henry Goose or refer to Dr. Henry Goose. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 1
Quotes
Beyond the Indian hamlet, upon a forlorn strand, I happened on a trail of recent footprints. Through rotting kelp, sea cocoa-nuts & bamboo, the tracks led me to their maker, a White man, his trowzers & Pea-jacket rolled up, sporting a kempt beard & an outsized Beaver, shoveling & sifting the cindery sand with a teaspoon so intently that he noticed me only after I had hailed him from ten yards away. Thus it was, I made the acquaintance of Dr. Henry Goose, surgeon to the London nobility.
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 9
Quotes
“I ask three simple questions. How did he get that power? How is he using it? And how can it be taken off the sonofabitch?”
Chapter 11
Quotes
“The weak are meat the strong do eat.”
