Station Eleven

by

Emily St. John Mandel

Charlie (Charlotte Harrison) Character Analysis

Charlie (Charlotte Harrison) is the second cello of the Traveling Symphony and is a close friend of Kirsten’s and August’s. The three used to break into houses together, but Charlie and her husband Jeremy stopped in St. Deborah by the Water sometime in Year Eighteen so that their child wouldn’t be born on the road. Her absence when the Symphony returns to St. Deborah by the Water is alarming and first raises the Symphony’s suspicions about the Prophet.
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Charlie (Charlotte Harrison) Character Timeline in Station Eleven

The timeline below shows where the character Charlie (Charlotte Harrison) appears in Station Eleven. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 9
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The Symphony arrives in St. Deborah by the Water, where it left Charlie and the sixth guitar behind two years ago, since Charlie was pregnant. A young boy... (full context)
Chapter 10
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...backdrop that will serve as the setting for the show, and begins to worry why Charlie and the sixth guitar haven’t shown up yet. (full context)
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After these reflections, Kirsten decides to take a walk and look for Charlie, since the two were close friends. As she walks through the town, Kirsten notices that... (full context)
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...strangers, along with Maria, whom she recognizes as the local midwife. Maria tells Kirsten that Charlie and Jeremy (the sixth guitar) had their child (Annabel), and that they had to leave.... (full context)
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...Wendy’s she notices that a young girl has been following her. As Kirsten wonders where Charlie is, Dieter quickly approaches her on the road. She fills him in on what she... (full context)
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...was a cryptic “change in management,” after which some twenty families left the town, including Charlie and the sixth guitar. Kirsten informs the Symphony that she learned there is a prophet... (full context)
Chapter 12
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When the sermon concludes, the conductor asks the prophet about Charlie and Jeremy, but he only answers that people come and go. When the conductor asks... (full context)
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...there is a settlement at the airport. They hope to expand their territory and find Charlie and the sixth guitar. With this decided, Kirsten climbs on a caravan to rest and... (full context)
Chapter 19
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...to have a dream instructing him to repopulate the earth. She also tells them that Charlie and the sixth guitar have headed to the Museum of Civilization. (full context)
Chapter 24
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...and that he left once the prophet took over. Finn tells Kirsten and August that Charlie and Jeremy left a few days before he did. (full context)
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...of security), who wants to introduce Clark to the newest arrivals at Severn City Airport: Charlie, Jeremy, and Annabel. They ask if they are welcome to stay at the airport, since... (full context)
Chapter 51
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...settlements Kirsten has seen. August takes Sayid to the infirmary, and Kirsten lies down in Charlie’s tent. The two friends discuss Kirsten’s need of a new knife tattoo, Dieter’s death, and... (full context)
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That night, August, Charlie, and the sixth guitar play music, during which Kirsten’s thoughts drift between the friends she’s... (full context)
Chapter 52
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Kirsten stares through the telescope at the town with electric light, while Charlie and August make Sayid smile in his infirmary bed (in baggage claim). A thousand miles... (full context)