There are many artifacts the serve significance to the different communities in Station Eleven. But the two artifacts that stood out to me are The Museum of Civilization and the use of art throughout the novel. (Is this an ok thesis?)
I see the Museum of Civilization as a big artifact in Station Eleven. Clark, stranded at the Severn City Airport, created this museum that held the remnants of the fallen world. It was seen as a safe place for many communities. The Traveling Symphony, for example, decided early on in the book that they would travel from St. Deborah to Severn City. So after Sayid and Dieter were taken, this is where they would meet. “If we’re ever, if you’re ever separated from The Symphony on the road, you make your way to the destination and wait… The Museum of Civilization in the Severn City Airport (Mandel 138).” At this point, every member of the symphony sees the museum as the final destination, a safe haven, where they will reunite with the lost members of their community. Others fear The Museum of Civilization, like Finn, who August and Kirsten met on their way to Severn City. “The Prophet’s supposedly from there...Those people at the airport. What if they’re the prophet’s people (Mandel 148)?” Finn had …show more content…
In reference to The Allegory of the Cave, I go back and forth with my thoughts on how Plato would interpret this. Would he see the Museum as Clark’s way of “putting knowledge into souls that lack it, like putting sight into blind eyes (Plato, 5).”? Or would he see the artifacts of the fallen world as shadows on the walls of the cave that the children “would in every way believe that the truth is nothing other than the shadows of those artifacts (Plato, 2).” They will never make use of the objects. They are of no significance to the children. Is it right to tease them with mysteries of the past? Are these artifacts the light out of the care or the shadows on the
I see the Museum of Civilization as a big artifact in Station Eleven. Clark, stranded at the Severn City Airport, created this museum that held the remnants of the fallen world. It was seen as a safe place for many communities. The Traveling Symphony, for example, decided early on in the book that they would travel from St. Deborah to Severn City. So after Sayid and Dieter were taken, this is where they would meet. “If we’re ever, if you’re ever separated from The Symphony on the road, you make your way to the destination and wait… The Museum of Civilization in the Severn City Airport (Mandel 138).” At this point, every member of the symphony sees the museum as the final destination, a safe haven, where they will reunite with the lost members of their community. Others fear The Museum of Civilization, like Finn, who August and Kirsten met on their way to Severn City. “The Prophet’s supposedly from there...Those people at the airport. What if they’re the prophet’s people (Mandel 148)?” Finn had …show more content…
In reference to The Allegory of the Cave, I go back and forth with my thoughts on how Plato would interpret this. Would he see the Museum as Clark’s way of “putting knowledge into souls that lack it, like putting sight into blind eyes (Plato, 5).”? Or would he see the artifacts of the fallen world as shadows on the walls of the cave that the children “would in every way believe that the truth is nothing other than the shadows of those artifacts (Plato, 2).” They will never make use of the objects. They are of no significance to the children. Is it right to tease them with mysteries of the past? Are these artifacts the light out of the care or the shadows on the