Character Analysis
(Avoiding Spoilers)
Overview... a scientist in a space station orbiting Solaris. Solaris is a planet that is completely covered by ocean – that lives, thinks, and acts. There is no question that Kelvin and his team are dealing with a higher intelligence, one that may even be a reflection of our own consciousness. There's no reference point for what's going on; it's never happened before. It's a clean break in the fabric of the Universe – a gap. There is nothing to do but experience it, moment-to-moment, and not let it destroy him.
Personality... disillusioned and haunted. Kelvin’s decided that if it is God doing this, it's a sick God. Its ambitions exceed its powers, but it doesn't realize it. It's created something Kelvin hates – a situation without a goal. Since his exposure to Solaris, he feels completely and continually out of sync. Now he must cope with this new reality.
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Upon arrival at the space station orbiting an ocean world called Solaris a psychologist discovers that the commander of an expedition to the planet has died mysteriously. Other strange events soon start happening as well, such as the appearance of old acquaintances of the crew, including some who are dead.
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When psychologist Kris Kelvin arrives at the planet Solaris to study the ocean that covers its surface, he finds himself confronting a painful memory embodied in the physical likeness of a past lover. Kelvin learns that he is not alone in this and that other crews examining the planet are plagued with their own repressed and newly real memories. Could it be, as Solaris scientists speculate, that the ocean may be a massive neural center creating these memories, for a reason no one can identify?
