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In four pages this paper examines how protagonist Kris Kelvin changes throughout the course of the novel, documenting how his character evolves and his worldview shifts. There are no other sources in the bibliography.
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the unknown or unexplained. Psychologist Kris Kelvin began his mission on the oceanic planet of Solaris in Stanislaw Lems science fiction masterpiece as just another truth seeker hoping to
learn something tangible about a scientific phenomenon that seemed to defy any type of conventional classification. However, along the way, while the enigmatic Solaris remains elusive and virtually unchanged,
Kelvin undergoes changes that affect how he perceives life and love. The search for external truth and answers is transformed into reflections from within and even more questions. When
Kris Kelvin arrives at the Solaris space station, he is hoping for scientific order that will calm his personal demons. His wife Rheya committed suicide after the breakup of
their marriage, and he seeks to distance himself from feelings of guilt or responsibility for her death. But his dreams of escape are short-lived because the space station is
itself chaotic and highly disorganized. Dr. Snow is an expert in cybernetics, but also appears to be a paranoid alcoholic. Dr. Sartorius is reclusive and sequesters himself in
the safe cocoon of his laboratory. The leader of the mission - Dr. Gibarian - committed suicide shortly before Kelvins arrival. When the psychologists lofty expectations come crashing
down around him, he tries to wash his anxieties away in a symbolic gesture designed to cleanse the mind as well as the body (Lem, 1970). Kelvin had been
schooled by science to believe that outward actions provide clues to inward motivations and desires. However, he soon discovers, "Just when a measure of success had been achieved in
unravelling this problem, it turned out, as often happened in the field of Solarist studies, that the explanation replaced one enigma by another, perhaps even more baffling" (Lem, 1970, p.
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