Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Station Eleven, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Death and Survival
Faith and Fate
Civilization
Memory
Art
Summary
Analysis
This short chapter describes the comic books given to Kirsten by Arthur. They are called “Dr. Eleven, Vol. I, No.1: Station Eleven” and “Dr. Eleven, Vol. I, No.2: The Pursuit.” Kirsten has memorized the contents of both comics.
Kirsten has obsessed over the comics, which lend their title to the novel itself, so often that she now has each one completely memorized.
Themes
In the comics, Dr. Eleven is a physicist living on a space station designed to resemble a small world. He has a dog named Luli. The comics are very high quality, most likely produced on a small scale, and created by someone named “M.C.” Kirsten cares for the comics and obsesses over them, as they are her prized possessions.
