Jolene Hildebrand currently works in marketing at Trinity Western University in Langley, BC, where she develops content and strategy to promote higher education. Prior to this she lived in Ottawa where she worked in Canadian federal politics. She has a BA in English Honours from Trinity Western and wrote her thesis on Cloud Atlas, examining references to the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche.
Jolene is an avid reader and enjoys making the most of opportunities to hike and explore in BC. Although a committed westcoaster, Jolene will admit that eastern Canada changed her perceptions on the rainy weather and now believes that sun and cold aren't so bad after all.
The claim that “for the human species, selfishness is extinction,” fails to ring true given the overarching pattern in Cloud Atlas. As the main characters espouse optimistic beliefs, their convictions are undermined by the recurring motifs of violence and brutality that shape their world.
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