Station Eleven 42-52
“And then I remember hearing a sound, this sharp “thwack,” and that was Arthur hitting his hand on the plywood pillar by my head.” (page 260). Throughout the book they keep coming back to this night and how others were involved in it in one way or another. Raymonde was on stage with Arthur when he died. This night was a huge turning point for the people alive during it. “Kirsten adjusted and readjusted her grip on the knife. A monarch butterfly fluttered past. She watched it while she listened and waited, wings like bright paper. A faint buzz of insects all around them. She heard voices now, and footsteps.” (page 281). I like how descriptive the author got in the paragraph. They could’ve easily skipped over the butterfly and insects as if they weren’t even there, but she added them to allow the reader to visualize this scene. For Clark, he starts counting his blessing. He notices that what they had before was taken for granted. Some of them start to believe in faith and pra...