Brief Summary Of The Novel 'Station Eleven'

Technology nowadays always use to have so much information at our fingertips, but is this a good thing? That is what Jamais Cascio’s “Get Smarter” and Nicholas Carr’s “Is Google Making Us Stoopid?” both discuss; they specifically address the effects that new technology, such as the internet, has on the way humans think. The difference is that Carr argues that this new technology is making us stupid while Cascio argues that it is making us smarter. Nicholas Carr’s article discusses the negative effects of the internet and technology like it. It specifically mentions slight changes in the way people do things because of the influence of technology and gives many historical and anecdotal examples. Jamais Cascio’s article is about the advancements of technology and how it is makes people smarter. Cascio talks about Twitter, mental enhancement drugs and AIs, focusing a lot on the benefits of the advancements.

“The bright side of the planet moves toward darkness and the cities are falling asleep, each in its hour. And for me, now as then, it is too much.” (Mandel 1) The plot of this book primarily revolves around this quote. Throughout the book, the story portrayed a lifestyle that is dangerous, yet oddly satisfying. A life where there aren’t any modern conveniences yet a life that is free. The story takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where a virus crippled human civilization. The plot centers on a girl named Kristen, with references to the events leading up to the massive pandemic. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel is structured like a memoir and felt like a rough draft for a more significant book. Therefore, for these reasons, I did

In the novel, Station Eleven, the Traveling Symphony has the motto “Survival is Insufficient” written across the side of their lead caravan. “Survival is Insufficient” can mean that one is not only looking out for oneself in order to survive death, but one is doing so while holding onto their humanity.

The novel, Station Eleven, written by Emily St. John Mandel, has an abundance of examples of speaking about the past. Many characters in this book talk about experiences with their past, whether it be memorable or something they did not want to remember. Everyone has their own opinions on whether or not they should remember the past, and if they should continue to study it or not. Three characters that are involved with the past in the novel are Clark Thompson, Jeevan Chaudhary, and Kirsten Raymonde.

Hank Moody once said “People seem to be getting dumber and dumber. You know, I mean we have all this amazing technology…” Unfortunately, this is a common way of thinking; assuming that society as a whole is just becoming dumber as time progresses. However, contrary to popular belief, people are not dumbing down. In fact, just the opposite is true, and in his book Everything Bad is Good

Station Eleven is Emily St. John Mandel’s fourth novel which is audacious and dark glittering as it is set in the eerie days of the collapse of civilization. The story begins with the death of a famous actor, Arthur Leander after a fatal heart attack onstage while performing the role of King Lear. One actor Jeevan tries to pump the 51-year-old Arthur’s chest, but he is dead. Before the people can absorb this shock tragedy strikes in vast scale as flu infects the world’s population killing most of the people within weeks. Jeevan is walking home during the night when the flu begins to spread, and he and his brother barricade themselves inside an apartment as they watch cars clogging on the highways, life disintegrating round themselves and gunshots ringing out. The novel tells a story of a Hollywood star who would be the savior. A roving cluster of actors roams in the great lakes region, and they risk their lives and everything else to save humanity and for the art.

In the article “Does Tech Make Us Stupid? the author Genevieve Roberts presents different views of the effect of technology on our memory. Roberts obtains these views through the results of various studies performed in universities and by quoting a collection of books she has read. Roberts states that the use of technology has caused our memory to deteriorate therfore promoting a dependency on technology to retrieve information.

Is technology helping or hurting society? Is society smarter or slowly getting dumber as the digital age gets better and stronger? Two authors in the Coyote Reader touch on this subject and argue the different advantages and disadvantages that the digital age has on society. Ultimately, the answer comes down to perception. Technology is not necessarily making society dumber, it is just changing how the brain works.

Forceful leaders take advantage of various groups or communities who are left vulnerable or perplexed due to a situation. People’s vulnerability leaves them open towards false belief conveyed by the malicious leaders, which supersedes their thoughts of the unknown. In the novel Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, the Prophet utilizes a range of sentence structures, a variety of derogatory statements, and a savior like tone, motivating and manipulating his followers.

Are we becoming lazy? Technology makes life less physically demanding. You are never without the safety net of technology; it provides you with directions, keeps you organized and allows you to communicate and connect with people internationally. Not only does the advancement of technology keep you in the loop, but it has thrown patience and focus to the wind. Technology can be beneficial to society, but it comes at human costs such as our dependence, isolation, and etiquette.

In this discussion of technology, one controversial issue has been that technology is making us reliant. As a result, we’re becoming lazier and because of that we’re becoming dumber and others worry

In the book, Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel, the technological, economical, and communicative world as we once knew it has mouldered away due to the rise of the Georgian Flu wiping out most of the US population. Before the breakout, the death of Arthur Leander, a renown actor, has characters related to him from the past up to the very moment of death immediately intertwined and will have their lives affected by Arthur in the upcoming apocalyptic world. Characters’ actions and decisions throughout this book relate to the main theme that Mandel wants to portray. Mandel wants readers to know what is important to value in this book; and that is the essence of humanity. The value of humanity is expressed throughout the story as actions

Some look at technology as if has dumbed downed society but if we take a look at the past we see that it has helped to

Last but not least, technology makes us lazy. Children do not want to read books anymore when they can just run to a computer and get the summary of the book. People are becoming obese because they are not getting out of their homes anymore to exercise because they are glued to Farmville on Facebook. We rather do something easy than actually take the time to do it the long way around. Technology has made the people of the world couch potatoes. We can do everything at a push of a button, and we don’t have to put forth much effort to do the things that we once use to do manually.

Technology has changed so many of the ways in which we live our lives, from the invention of the wheel to the advanced systems we use and take for granted everyday. Technology was once taboo in most house holds while people still clung to the idea that life was built on life experiences. Nicholas Carr stated in, Is Goggle making us stupid? "Back in the fourth century, BCE, Plato complained that writing (then a fairly new technology) was destroying peoples memory, yet he wrote dozens of books. For half a century, television has been accused of rotting our brains and making us fat and lazy, but most people depend on it for info, news and entertainment." Technology has changed our understanding of the way things work and