The narrators friend who gives the narrator the task of meeting with Solchuk, Nick's father.
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What is the tone of The Broken Globe?
The Narrator is worried for the wellbeing of his friend Nick, giving off a concerned tone.
100
What is a Geophysics?
Is the physics of the earth and its environment in space; also the study of earth using quantitative physical methods.
100
What perspective is the short story in?
First person narrative.
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What is the central theme of The Broken Globe?
People have their own way of viewing the world and nothing can change that.
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Why does Nick want the narrator to meet with his father?
Nick is depressed because of his father's disapproval of his career choice. But regardless, Nick still wants to know how his father is doing. So send's the narrator to check on him.
200
What is the Bias of The Broken Globe?
There is two bias's that contrast each other, one modern day thinking and the other is a medieval religious like perspective.
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What is a Stenographers?
Is someone who types what people say. You have to listen carefully and type very fast Stenographers.
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What perspective is this poem in?
First person narrative.
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What the central theme of the poem?
The fear of the changing world.
300
What are the characteristics of the Slochuk? (Nick's Father)
He is lonely because of his stubbornness and close mindedness towards his son's career.
300
What is the tone of When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer?
The author is giving a tone of fear.
300
How is the word When significant?
The author uses this word repeatedly to portray the fear of coming events.
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What kind of poem is this?
A free verse narrative poem.
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How do these two pieces of literature correlate with each other?
The short story also has a second theme, the fear of the developing world.
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Why is the Narrator helping Nick out?
He was heading down to teach at a university in Alberta, and was a close friend of Nick's so was willing to do him the favor of visiting his father in Alberta.
400
What is the Bias of When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer?
The Bias is the fear of change the author portrays.
400
What is imperturbably?
incapable of being upset or agitated; not easily excited; calm.
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How are the characters developed in the short story?
Through the perspective of how the narrator feels about them.
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What do the stars symbolize in the poem?
The stars symbolize the past, as they bring him back to reality and make him think of his past. And how developed the world has gotten, not necessarily for the better.
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Why doesn't Nick's father accept human advancement?
"I suddenly realized that the shape of the world he lived in had been forever fixed for him by some medieval priest in the small Ukraine village where he was born and where he received a education of sorts when he was a boy"
(Kreisel 129)
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DAILY DOUBLE!
RANDOM QUESTION!
What is the definition of Dramatic Irony? First one to find the definition with 500 points!
500
What does bespectacled mean?
What is wearing eyeglasses.
500
Is the pattern of this short story predictable? If so why?