As Miranda fights with Pablo, she contends that at times, it is “necessary to break everything” to find purpose (85). This sentiment can be modeled in Jeevan’s transformation from cave dwelling to enlightenment (as defined by Plato), as it takes the collapse of society to change his values. Station Eleven plots Jeevan’s growth as he learns to work for his passions rather than for survival. After all, “survival is insufficient” (58).
Towards the novel’s beginning, Jeevan epitomizes Dahlia’s illustration of corporate ghosts. He lives in “one life instead of another” and is “trapped” within the “drudgery” of his jobs (163). Jeevan used to be a wedding photographer, but was fed up with attending weddings and decided to enter the entertainment industry …show more content…
He knows that he hasn’t done anything that “actually mattered” and begins to contend that his career choices have been a mistake, and that his profession was fueled only from his need for money (168). Jeevan is puzzled by his brother Frank, a philosopher-king according to Plato, when he still writes a philanthropist’s memoir long after the philanthropist was probably dead. Frank does not care about pursuing his deal’s money, but he cares about the common good and his ethical standards. As Frank signed a contract, he would honor it even if the other side could not. Jeevan’s bemused reaction towards doing work for good rather than for monetary value further illustrates his status as a cave dweller. Although Jeevan had previously changed his professional direction from entertainment to medicine to do something meaningful, in many ways, he still does not understand doing good for the sake of doing good, the indication of an enlightened individual by …show more content…
Similar to how the archetypical enlightened man in the “Allegory of the Cave” drags others out of the cave, Jeevan wants to teach the new society’s children about the olden times. He wants them to see the sunlight as the enlightened man saw, in their cases, the “incredible things” the past generation created (269). Both the enlightened man and Jeevan know that this knowledge will be hard for their listeners. The cave prisoners have a hard time adjusting to the shapes and sounds of the outer world, and the children of the new society think that the inventions of the last generation are like “science fiction”
Towards the novel’s beginning, Jeevan epitomizes Dahlia’s illustration of corporate ghosts. He lives in “one life instead of another” and is “trapped” within the “drudgery” of his jobs (163). Jeevan used to be a wedding photographer, but was fed up with attending weddings and decided to enter the entertainment industry …show more content…
He knows that he hasn’t done anything that “actually mattered” and begins to contend that his career choices have been a mistake, and that his profession was fueled only from his need for money (168). Jeevan is puzzled by his brother Frank, a philosopher-king according to Plato, when he still writes a philanthropist’s memoir long after the philanthropist was probably dead. Frank does not care about pursuing his deal’s money, but he cares about the common good and his ethical standards. As Frank signed a contract, he would honor it even if the other side could not. Jeevan’s bemused reaction towards doing work for good rather than for monetary value further illustrates his status as a cave dweller. Although Jeevan had previously changed his professional direction from entertainment to medicine to do something meaningful, in many ways, he still does not understand doing good for the sake of doing good, the indication of an enlightened individual by …show more content…
Similar to how the archetypical enlightened man in the “Allegory of the Cave” drags others out of the cave, Jeevan wants to teach the new society’s children about the olden times. He wants them to see the sunlight as the enlightened man saw, in their cases, the “incredible things” the past generation created (269). Both the enlightened man and Jeevan know that this knowledge will be hard for their listeners. The cave prisoners have a hard time adjusting to the shapes and sounds of the outer world, and the children of the new society think that the inventions of the last generation are like “science fiction”