Every literary work is a representation of an author's voice and personality, and therefore the contribution by which the author wishes to convey his work generally defines it. A literary work can take the form of a novel, short story, play, poem, etc., with a multitude of genres to follow. Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell, “more or less” takes the form of a novel. However, Mitchell's particular use of structure to present a tale that spans the lives of six different protagonists across the depths of space and time, gives the novel six different genres, from historical fiction to comedy in passing through post-apocalyptic dystopia. As Keily Oakes of the British Broadcasting Corporation eloquently puts it: “David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas is as ambitious as it is entertaining, reaching back from colonial times to the dark distant future and back again. » [Oakes] David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, follows the lives of six protagonists Adam Ewing, Robert Frobisher, Luisa Rey, Timothy Cavendish, Sonmi~451 and Zachry Bailey living in different eras. In presenting the lives of these characters, the novel adopts a particular and changing style and narrative structure. Each tale is communicated as if we are reading the original medium in which it is supposed to have been written, where the tale takes on the structure of the written material. For example, the first chapter, Adam Ewing's tale, "The Pacific Diary of Adam Ewing," is delivered to us readers in the form of an actual diary and strictly follows this structure throughout. Therefore, I wanted to explore to what extent does the use of literary features such as symbolism, motifs, and narrative style accentuate the theme of reincarnation in Cloud Atlas? Countless religions discuss the idea of ​​reincarnation...... middle of paper ....r must cheat and lie to make his way through his new career. Frobisher becomes more and more renegade, which eventually leads to more lies and deception. He has several affairs with Ayres' wife, cheating on her love Sixsmith, as well as Ayres. Frobisher composes a masterpiece and decides it is time to leave Ayres. However, Ayres does not appreciate this and warns him that if he does not stay, he will not allow him to become anything. Frobisher gets fed up and escapes without heeding Ayres' warning. His actions begin to seem more and more dishonorable and sinful with every step he takes. Until he finally ended his miserable life by shooting himself in the head. Unlike Ewing, it appears that Frobisher's actions made his life hell. However, who can blame him. It's not like he chose to be gay, so why should he be punished for it ?.