Analysis Of Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel’s novel, Station Eleven, kept the reader interested with plot holes and the approaching conflict. Many sociological aspects are delicately intertwined into the story of the Georgia Flu and the reconstruction of the class system. Living in the post-pandemic would change my personal biography a great deal. It would change the informal social sanctions that we all abide to and the roles that we play within our society. The culture would change so the influences that had shaped me before would become irrelevant to the current situation. Different types of stigmas would be developed based off of new cultures, gender roles, and the social networks we would become a part of. Having technology wiped from the earth would change …show more content…
In St. Deborah by the Water, the Prophet rose to power using coercion and manipulation of the religion to his benefit. His self-proclaimed leadership was a form of dictatorship and theocracy, he used his power till most people we’re afraid of him. His power was out of control, but he was considered among the top-tier because he was a religious leader. In the world before the collapse, religious leaders were held at a high prestige and they were respected. This idea was carried into the post-collapse by others that remembered the old social …show more content…
Kirsten has the phrase tattooed on her arm, it 's important to her. Art makes survival sufficient to her; the symphony and the comic books about Station Eleven that is. To me, it means that survival is not enough, and that there is more to life than just conforming to the standards set by society. The pandemic was born and the Traveling Symphony was produced, this is where Shakespeare 's works and musical pieces are preserved and performed around Michigan. I believe that Mandel intended it to mean that art reminds us of humanity and even in the darkest times that this world falls upon, art has a way of making things right. It conjures up emotions in people and it reminds them of civilization. Survival wasn 't enough to the symphony, so they shared what made survival worth it to them with others in hope to inspire them to find something that makes their survival enough. Art and music are a part of universal culture, they evoke emotions in people, and I think that 's what Kirsten liked about the phrase. It was a piece of the old world that remained, it was