How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
How could Papa Song stand on His Plinth in Chongmyo Plaza Servery and stroll Xultation's beaches with our Souled sisters simultaneously? (5.1.55)
Papa Song is cast as a God to Sonmi and her fellow fabricants. However, she starts to question things, making the existence of her God about as logical as the existence of—spoilers ahead—Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny. (Sorry, kids.)
Quote #5
A Yoona had kidnapped a boy, no, a baby; no, a pureblood had kidnapped a Yoona; an enforcer had shot a boy; no, a fabricant had hit the seer whose nose was bleeding. All the while, Papa Song surfed noodle waves on His Plinth. (5.1.71)
Papa Song is a God-like figure for fabricants, yet, when all hell breaks loose in the restaurant, he stands idly by and does nothing. Either he does not exist, or he doesn't care. Is there a difference when it comes to gods?
Quote #6
"A Soul's value is the dollars therein." (7.1.95) (5.1.312)
Consumerism has so replaced religion in Sonmi's culture that another word for wallet is "Soul." People worship the dollar. How else is money like a religion in this book? What is the difference between, say, capitalism and belief in a God here?