Cloud Atlas

by

David Mitchell

Yoona~939 Character Analysis

Yoona~939 is a fabricant who works with Sonmi~451 at the restaurant Papa Song’s. While at the restaurant, Yoona “ascends” and realizes that she’s living like a slave. She passes on her knowledge to Sonmi, who takes longer to ascend but is an eager learner. Ultimately, Yoona tries to escape the restaurant by kidnapping a child and gets shot and killed in the process. Yoona raises questions about what it means to be human. Her character also shows how knowledge can help motivate people to try to change their circumstances

Yoona~939 Quotes in Cloud Atlas

The Cloud Atlas quotes below are all either spoken by Yoona~939 or refer to Yoona~939. 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:
Cycles of History Theme Icon
).
Chapter 5 Quotes

Catechism Three teaches that for servers to keep anything denies Papa Song’s love for us and cheats His Investment. I wondered, did Yoona~939 still observe any Catechism? But misgivings, though grave, were soon lost in the treasures Yoona showed me there: a box of unpaired earrings, beads, tiaras. The xquisite sensation of dressing in pureblood clothes overcame my fear of being discovered. Greatest of all, however, was a book, a picture book.

Related Characters: Sonmi~451 (speaker), Adam Ewing, The Archivist, Yoona~939, Boardman Mephi, Papa Song
Page Number: 191
Explanation and Analysis:
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Yoona~939 Quotes in Cloud Atlas

The Cloud Atlas quotes below are all either spoken by Yoona~939 or refer to Yoona~939. 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:
Cycles of History Theme Icon
).
Chapter 5 Quotes

Catechism Three teaches that for servers to keep anything denies Papa Song’s love for us and cheats His Investment. I wondered, did Yoona~939 still observe any Catechism? But misgivings, though grave, were soon lost in the treasures Yoona showed me there: a box of unpaired earrings, beads, tiaras. The xquisite sensation of dressing in pureblood clothes overcame my fear of being discovered. Greatest of all, however, was a book, a picture book.

Related Characters: Sonmi~451 (speaker), Adam Ewing, The Archivist, Yoona~939, Boardman Mephi, Papa Song
Page Number: 191
Explanation and Analysis: