In the opening portions of the novel, we observe drastic conflicts of opinions. The novel opens by showing how nihilism evokes certain responses in the older landowning family of the Kirsanovs. We want to see their basic philosophy of nihilism in action in many types of situations. Following this, Turgenev must move to another scene in which we can observe the same nihilistic theories in practice in another environment Furthermore, here Bazarov comes into conflict with a representative of the old school of
