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Civilisation
In contrasting the pre-Flu and post-Flu societies, Mandel condemns societies based on hierarchal structures and social status.
Exception: St Deborah btw and tyler's cult, the triumph of the Travelling Symphony over Tyler's cult reinforces Mandel's partiality towards nonhierarchal societies.
Condemnation of a reductive executive hierarchy, particularly executive's reductions to "targets" that need "fixing"
Arthur's love of Toronto for being invisible; the idea that an unnoticed existence outside of such a society is preferable to conformity within said society.
Elizabeth's dwindling authority at the airport, a reminder to readers that she does not really contribute to society
The idea of superiority and inferiority as being unfounded in the rebuilt civilisation, Arthur's treatment of others as inferior (i.e. many divorces, not being a good father etc)
The contrast of Miranda's character and her corruption as the result of being thrust towards the top of a celebrity obsessed society.
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Station Eleven explores the idea that fulfillment in life cannot be achieved without interpersonal connection and a sense of belonging and, furthermore, condemns the absence of these necessities in the pre-Flu World.
The Travelling Symphony, "Transcendent moments of beauty" or something like that, providing an "only home" for its members
The Airport Civilisation
Only those without families and loved remained, hence only those who suffered a lack of belonging in the previous civilisation remained and were able to improve upon the new one
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Jeevan's transition
Extravagantly, guiltily alive
Similar to Clark, there is a very obvious contribution from a lack of appreciation for his selflessness in the old World ("can you pick up some milk on the way") to the new World in which he becomes a valued, contributory member of the McKinley community
Contribution is explored as an index of the success of an individual in their community. Jeevan's old life was meaningless and now that he is contributing, he finds meaning
As a contrast to this idea, consider the members of the Prophet's cult who fail to contribute to the new society and are conflicted as the result of this. The ideas of morality and contribution could also be explored in parallel to this
In her exploration of the role of art in both the contemporary and the post-Flu civilisations, Mandel demonstrates the power of art in unifying civilisation.
The various, intricate connections forged through art among the characters
The idea of art being a genuine contribution to society, and the audience making half of that (see quote list)
The paradoxical idea of Miranda's isolation and devotion to her art actually contributing to society
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Mandel suggests that the abolition of societies based on social status permits more genuine interpersonal connection among those that survive the pandemic
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The Man, the commodicised system pre-Flu
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