by Emily St. John Mandel
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The story Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, is a story about the breakdown of civilization, but it also explores, actually what drives civilization today. Through the contrast of society before the collapse to depictions of life after it, Mandel is able to explore…
Memory can bring back those joyful moments, in times of great tragedy; in Station Eleven there are a lot of moments where having memories of the previous world can be comforting. This Doomsday book Station Eleven by Emily Mandel is about how memories can impact…
One of the most timeless and universal concepts in our existence is art. Even cavemen, the most primitive of our species, used art to express themselves, even before a spoken language, and far earlier than a written one. Arts including singing, dancing, drawing, painting or…
On a snowy Torontonian night, the production of King Lear commences. On the same night, a swine flu pandemic known as the Georgian Flu commences as well. It is Year 0, the flu spreads rapidly in the city, killing the majority, “There was the flu…
Station Eleven: The Undying Past The past identifies people, whether it is good or bad, whether people want it to be forgotten or remembered, the past stays with people throughout their entire lives. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel is about a post-pandemic world…
Thousands of decades ago, civilization created a language, symbols and cultures all over the world and the moment this all appeared researches have called it “the cultural big bang” (UAAU,Ollivier Dyens, 2014). The reason the world is what it is today is because humanity has…
In Emily St John Mandel?s science fiction, dystopian novel Station Eleven, the majority of the population has been wiped out due to a Georgia-flu spreading and causing an apocalyptic world. In the beginning of the novel, we are introduced to Arthur Leander. He is a…
Station Eleven is about survivors and overcoming serious events. Emily St. John Mandel went through a series of different themes in the book, some maybe she didn’t realize she included. Themes of death and survival play a big part of the storyline and create a…
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When viewing the reestablishment of a society through an outside perspective, such as presented in the book Station Eleven, one can recognize and determine the most important components of a society, community, and culture. The foundations of a society often center around its ability to…
Some would argue that the most important thing in this life is to survive, to live and breathe each day. But others would argue that survival is simply just not enough. The Traveling Symphony has it painted on the side of their caravan and Kirsten…
In the modern world today people are able to take many things for granted. How people get their food, how peoples houses stay warm, and how the masses get from place to place are all examples of things everyone takes for granted. In Station Eleven…
The Importance of Art Art is all around us. Art exists in the architecture of the buildings we enter and the homes we live in. It exists in the design of the car we drive and in the music we listen to while driving that…
In the post-apocalyptic world depicted in Emily St. John Mandel’s novel “Station Eleven,” the phrase “Survival is Insufficient” takes center stage. This thought-provoking motto, painted on the side of the Traveling Symphony’s caravan, encapsulates the overarching theme of the story. In this essay, we explore…
Introduction Throughout Station Eleven art and the history of art is very important for the lives of the characters. In the beginning scene of the novel during “Year 0”, Arthur Leander is performing a famous Shakespeare play called, King Lear, on the night before the…
Introduction Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel focuses on how individuals navigate through the collapse of civilization. The traumatic experiences during the Georgia Flu Pandemic and the transformation of society after it are key aspects of the novel, but what is more significant is…
2014
Emily St. John Mandel
Novel
Theater fiction, fantasy, adventure, drama
Kirsten Raymonde, Jeevan Chaudhary, Arthur Leander, Frank Chaudhary, Clark Thompson, Miranda Carroll, Tyler Leander
Faith, fate, community, purpose
The novel has been adapted into an HBO Max miniseries, which aired during 2021 and 2022.
A mysterious flu starts spreading rapidly and blows into a pandemic. Kirsten, a child actor, becomes part of a nomadic group called Traveling Symphony. Twenty years after the pandemic started, the group performs classical music and Shakespeare plays throughout the Great lakes region.
After witnessing a real pandemic, this novel doesn’t seem like science fiction. It tackles a realistic question: what would happen after the civilization as we know it collapsed?
In the face of a social collapse, most people turn to fate and hope.
The novel has sold 1.5 million copies as of 2020.
Now that we experienced a real pandemic, it’s interesting to contrast it with a fictional presentation of the same issue. Novels that strip away the world as we know it are tricky, but this author avoided the most common pitfalls. It’s an adventure-packed, fast-paced book that’s fun to read.
The book is a good representative of the literary fiction genre, but it’s not something that every reader would enjoy.
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