Complete Name of the Professor
The story is basically a fun-filled experience with the narrator describing her experiences upon moving from one place to another. She returns to Dunnet because her last visit there was so lovely and she wants to experience more than what she had before. The narrator meets many individuals in the story. She usually meets women who are widowed and talented people who are full of unrevealed story behind them. This initial setting is appropriate for her purpose of visit because it is a village – a place where she can attain peace and freedom from distortion, especially for her writing of unspecified project and also because it has many beautiful places which are full of memories of the people who had impacted her life significantly.
As the narrator continues her journey, she accidentally gets along with people who have many things or stories that need someone to be shared with. The first person that the narrator meets is Mrs Todd. She is very knowledgeable about herbal plants. She is known in their village because of her knowledge on medicinal herbs and also because she has her personal plantation. After the widow, she meets a shipmaster who is known for being secluded.
Captain Little discovers an island in Arctic Ocean which he called the “waiting place”, and he wants to spread his knowledge about his discovery. When they were shipwrecked in the Atlantic Ocean, he shared his wisdom about the island to Gaffet who is a seaman. Therefore because of those revealed secrets, the narrator has sounded to have more inclination towards the people surrounding her. Nevertheless, due to the bulk of people the narrator has already met during her journey, she immediately becomes confused of her real purpose in her journey. However, she manages her worries staying with her friends so that she will meet more people and become more familiar and well-acquainted with the people in the village.
As they go on to the green island, the narrator meets another woman who is also a widow. Her husband died after being drown in the sea. This woman’s name is Mrs Blackett. As they sail towards the sea with Mrs Frosdick, the narrator learns about the story of Joanna who has the same life story and situation with her. Mrs Frosdick is not in the mood while they are going to the reunion because of the things that happened before they went to the gathering of Bowen’s clan. In the reunion we observe that Mrs Todd has an attitude of disliking others.
There are so many themes used in the story; however, the most obvious ones are association and memory. The story is much more like an annotation of stories, experiences, and memories that express the importance of association. People come to different places, and in the process, meet new people with whom new memories are created and new associations are formed. The narrator chronicles her story of meeting a lot of people and sharing new heights of familiarity with them. Another theme that is common in the story is memory. The narrator constantly recalls of the many things that happened in the past and how her past experiences relate to her journeys in the present. Not only that. The story also cultivates on the memories of other characters involved in the story that somehow formed the outline of the story.
