Summary Of Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven

“You don't understand the power of loss when it first hits you like a baseball coming fast from an out-of-control pitcher. You reel back stinging from the blow.” (Bauer,162). Throughout the novel Hope Was Here we see characters go through struggles and gain strength to overcome them. In our everyday lives we have struggles that we also have to overcome. In the novel Hope Was Here, one of the characters Braverman has to choose his family or education. The character Addie, faces the struggle of miscarrying three babies. In my life I have struggles and so do the people around me. For instance, my grandma went through the struggle of losing her husband. From this novel it is learned that if there's no struggle there's no strength.

Throughout the world, an undeniable, yet perpetual force is responsible for tearing nearly everyone apart: hopelessness. Often caused by instability or vulnerability, hopelessness plagues those who refrain from combating its vile side effects. Hopelessness loves company, producing an inseparable bond between itself and self-doubt. During wartime events, it’s imperative to display some form of resistance towards the crippling despair. Although on the surface hopelessness seems insurmountable, it can be fought. In All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr emphasizes how the vital tool of resilience can be used to conquer hopelessness in all situations.

Life is full of challenges. In the stories, “Breaking Through Uncertainty-Welcoming Adversity” and “Neighbours,” written by Jim McCormick and Lien Chao, the main characters illustrate benefits derived from taking risks. Even though both people in these texts undergo personal challenges, in “Neighbours” the character, Sally, receives greater benefits from taking risks than McCormick in “Breaking Through Uncertainty-Welcoming Adversity”.

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.

Page 83 is where St. Mandel introduces us to the world in Miranda’s graphic novel, Station Eleven. She describes the current state of Station Eleven, and the tension between the people above water and the people trapped in the underwater bunkers. These underwater bunkers and the people who inhabit them are known as the Undersea. Dr. Eleven, the protagonist of the graphic novel, warns his mentor, Captain Lonagan, of their close proximity to an Undersea gate. Lonagan replies, “You should try to understand them… All they want to see is sunlight again. Can you blame them?” (83)

This shows that even a terrible event like this, will eventually work out. Another example that shows hope, is when maddie and grandfather are abandoned on the side of the road. They had to have hope, or else they would not have been able to gather food or water. As you can see, through these experiences, you must always have hope, because without hope, you will not succeed.

“Nobody gets to live life backward. Looks ahead, that is where your future lies.” This quote from Ann Landers perfectly describes the book Station Eleven because it shows us how Arthur Leander life decisions affected other characters in the story even right after he passed away. The novel starts with the famous known actor, Arthur Leander, who died from a heart attack in a Shakespeare play called King Lear. Then we time skip to 20yrs after to our main character who’s named Kirsten Raymonde surviving through the apocalyptic destruction of the world cause by called the Georgia flu that had happen. Station Eleven was mainly about characters like Kirsten, The Prophet (Tyler), Jeevan, and Miranda whose lives were changed due to the life choices

Many say that events, good and bad, from childhood shape a person’s future. Things like the death of a loved one, domestic violence, expectations and economic struggles can surely mould one's true self. However, the gap between finding the person they want to become and the one to avoid becoming is controlled solely by the way one chooses to handle these things in life. This is directly connected to the novel, Crow Lake by Mary Lawson, in which the life of Kate Morrison and her three siblings is depicted. The children are faced with tragedy when both their parents are killed in a fatal car accident and they are left orphaned to fend for themselves. The novel perfectly embodies what it takes to get through extremely tough times and push in order

Hope and Faith ties into a lot of things, courage, fate, and ultimately religion. It can one way someone can preserve themselves. But once those values disappear, a character may start to lose their

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.

Jess Walter creates a post 9/11 world that balances precariously between real and surreal. It is real enough that the reader is able to comprehend how awful the attack truly was; but surreal enough that the reader feels the same way most Americans did at Ground Zero—confused, frightened, and grief stricken. Remy, the unwilling hero in all of this is exposed to many different forms of grief both public and personal. Using irony and satire, Walter critiques the way public forms of grief were presented as the only viable ways of grieving after 9/11. Reporters wanted to broadcast each and every loss. The government wanted to exploit the grief of the American people so that they could continue what they were doing in

After the epidemic, Clark preserves the old world’s artifacts, thus creating the museum of civilization. The museum of civilization is important to the habitants of the world post-apocalypse because it reminds them of who they used to be as a society and the mistakes they in the previous world. The museum then gives purpose to others because it motivated people to re-establish themselves as a people as well as what they had lost with the

Throughout all of the texts, the main character shines a factor of perseverance in their story in order to have hope and overcome their odds. The protagonists in each text are determined to overcome their obstacles and receive a favorable ending. In Emily Dickinson’s poem, she uses a metaphor to portray hope as a bird that is constantly helping other people. Even though hope is not a tangible thing, the bird perseveres through every situation and “never stops at all,” when aiding people in tough times. Likewise, in the article by Mark Memmot, Alice Herz- Sommer pushes through Nazi imprisonment in hopes of seeing her family again. The author writes, “Despite all that has befallen her, Alice insists that she has never, ever hated the Nazis,

Has anyone lived a life without misfortune? Doubtable; even the person with what could be described as the ideal life deals with some form of adversity. The novel, Speak, and the short story, The Third and Final Continent, both use plot as a way to convey themes of hardship. Moreover, these texts both use symbolism in order to develop their themes as well. The Art of Resilience and Speak utilize characterization as a method of developing their respective themes. Speak, The Third and Final Continent, and The Art of Resilience each deal with the theme that all people must learn to cope with adverse situations.

How would you react to being trapped, fighting for survival, in a post apocalyptic society? Coupland takes an interesting look at this and presents many other underlying ideas that build up the basics of human nature, such as, competition, control and survival of the fittest. The relatable main character showcases the darker, bitter, side that is contained in the fabric in all of us, but in a satirical comedic tone. He does so in a way where the even the structure of the writing is how you might expect an average persons’ thought process of events.