Essay Om The Broken Globe

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The broken Globe Man is a product of his environment. This is a saying which applies to the story “The Broken globe” by Henry Kreisel. The main antagonist, Nick Solchuck, grew up in an uneducated farming environment where he was taught his father’s beliefs of the world. Nick would sneak off to school, against his father’s wishes, to learn more about the world. Because of this, Nick became an educated geophysicist. The broken globe is a story about a father and a son whose relationship is torn apart by their different views on the world. The story is viewed by the participating narrator in the story who is a good friend of Nick Solchuck. The Narrator has gotten a job in Canada and goes to visit his friend Nick Solchuck. As the story unfolds, we learn about Nick’s upbringing, on the Canadian prairie, and about his father Mr. Solchuck’s fixed beliefs about the world. As a young boy Nick had gotten inspiration by his school teacher Joan McKenzie, who had taught him that there were more out there, then his father had told him. It is explained that Nick understood where his father’s beliefs about the world came from. As a young boy in the Ukraine, his father had received an education from a priest in his small Ukrainian village. Nick describes his father as:”Living in the universe of the medieval church.” Science, to Nick’s father, is the same as heresy to him. After settling in Canada, the narrator goes to see Mr. Solchuck. When the narrator arrives at the farm, where Nick grew up, and meets Nick’s father, Mr. Solchuk is at first defensive and argumentative, asking if Nick is still “tampering with the earth.” Clearly, he views scientific research as an act against God. He assumes Nick wants something, but then softens when he learns the narrator has come all the way from Edmonton simply to bring greetings from Nick. The narrator and Nick’s father talk about

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