Barometer Rising Having lived in Halifax for some of his childhood, Hugh MacLennan lived through the great explosion of 1917. Canada’s involvement in the first World War brought life to the harbours of Halifax. For many of the characters involved, life prior to the explosion was complicated. Penelope is constantly under-estimated in a male dominant profession. She often stresses over her love for his cousin, Neil Macrae. Neil himself has issues of his own to …showed first 75 words of 969 total…

…showed last 75 words of 969 total…Penny to become a family again. Wain and Macrae may have fought for the end of their lives. Penny is relieved of a lot of emotional tension and all her confusion about her love Neil is resolved. She can now progress from the complicated life prior to the explosion . Neil Macrae, a man suffering a great deal of anguish, has his name cleared and becomes reunited with Penny, all as a result of the explosion.