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 prayer to help them cope with everything.

The museum is for preserving objects from before the pandemic to remember and show how far civilization went in the past.

In my opinion, I would say it is wise to find the missing group members. One reason is that you shouldn’t leave a member behind, but another one is that the more numbers you have the better in a world like this. The Traveling Symphony is like one big family, would you leave family behind?

When Kirsten, August, and Sayid were on their way to the airport, they hear the prophet and his dog. The dog found Kirsten and she came out of the bushes to see the prophet and the guy who asked to leave with the symphony in the past. Kirsten knew that she was going to be killed but before that, the boy shoots the prophet and then himself.