7/7/2023 0 Comments Upload by mark mcclellandEven when Raymond becomes a man, you still get the idea that the novel is, in ways, a coming of age story, as Raymond’s social development is underdeveloped. Providing the back story early on was risky, but it paid off, as Mark was able to show Raymond’s character development, and the first chapter still has enough conflict to drive it, including a critical moment that will haunt him years later. He was a child of great restraint, who had difficulty communicating with others which carries throughout his life. Raymond was orphaned by apathy as a child, not because his parents were dead, but because they just didn’t care about him. Upload is the story of a cautious man, Raymond Quan, who takes the idea of running away from his problems to an extreme as he explores the consequences of creating realistic virtual models of human consciousness, stemming from his loneliness at first and his societal conflicts as the story progresses.
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