Station Eleven - Journal 2

 "Jeevan was crushed by a sudden certainty that this was it, that this illness Hua was describing was going to be the divide between a before and after, a line drawn through his life." (Page 20) - I chose this quote because it does such a good job explaining how Jeevan knew at that exact moment, his life was going to change. Everything becomes so real to him so quickly and he starts realizing that everything is going to change around him. I relate to this quote a small bit because I just remember the beginning of the Covid-19 lockdown and how I was just so worried about everything that could've happened. I really kept think about the "before and after" of the pandemic. 

"AN INCOMPLETE LIST:"(Page 30) - I chose this quote because it just shows what the world has no more of, and it's kind of depressing when you realize that it's an incomplete list! I couldn't imagine living in a world without swimming pools, ball games, or just fun and life in general.

Discussion Questions:

Covid-19 really impacted my social life because I'm kind of an extrovert (also an introvert. Long story) and I like being around people so to be trapped inside for months and just never getting outside really screwed me up. It also impacted me because I've never had the most friends in my life so during the pandemic, I didn't really have anyone to talk to or to just call up. Needless to say, I was very, very lonely and sad during this pandemic. But I can't really complain because many other people had it much worse.

I think I would've missed internet and ball games the most. I'm not a big baseball or sports fan in general, but no ball games implies that people just aren't allowed to get together in general. I would miss the internet because that was one of the few things that got me through the pandemic in the first place. I watched a lot of YouTube during 2020 and to not have any entertainment or social interaction would literally be the end of me. 

Someone mentions that he was probably happy that he died while on acting on the stage because being an actor was his life. 

In the next twenty years of this story, I expect the world to no longer have proper, functioning communities and small things just as phones no longer exist. It's going to be very similar to an apocalypse. 


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