# Professor — Sylvie and Bruno character guide > Professor in Sylvie and Bruno by Lewis Carroll. **Role:** supporting **Also known as:** The Other Professor, X, The Professor **First appearance:** 0010-volume-i-x-the-other-professor ## Snapshot An eccentric Fairyland pedagogue whose odd lessons, stranger poems, and perpetually misplaced smile make him both comic relief and an unwitting guide to the book's logic. ## Who they are The Professor presides over the children's education with solemn nonsense, reciting moral verse and rules that collapse under Bruno's cheerful cross-examination. His melancholy voice and fixed grin sit oddly together, hinting at a man whose authority rests more on performance than sense. He matters because his lessons and poems model the novel's method, where apparent foolishness often conceals the sharpest truths. ## Relationships ### [Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sylvie_and_bruno_se/characters/narrator) _friendship_ The Professor is a whimsical and intellectual companion to the Narrator, engaging in curious experiments and dialogues. ### [Bruno](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sylvie_and_bruno_se/characters/bruno) _friendship_ Bruno and the Professor share a playful, mentor-like bond, with the Professor indulging Bruno's childish curiosity. ### [Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sylvie_and_bruno_se/characters/narrator) _friendship_ The Professor is a whimsical and intellectual companion to the Narrator, engaging in curious experiments and dialogues. ### [Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sylvie_and_bruno_se/characters/narrator) _friendship_ The Professor is a whimsical and intellectual companion to the Narrator, engaging in curious experiments and dialogues. ### [Bruno](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sylvie_and_bruno_se/characters/bruno) _friendship_ Bruno and the Professor share a playful, mentor-like bond, with the Professor indulging Bruno's childish curiosity. ### [Bruno](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sylvie_and_bruno_se/characters/bruno) _friendship_ Bruno and the Professor share a playful, mentor-like bond, with the Professor indulging Bruno's childish curiosity. ## In the story ### [I: Less Bread! More Taxes!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sylvie_and_bruno_se/chapters/volume-i-i-less-bread-more-taxes) Inventor of three new diseases and horizontal weather boots; interacts with the children and the Warden. ### [II: L'Amie Inconnue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sylvie_and_bruno_se/chapters/volume-i-ii-l-amie-inconnue) Describes his invention of the Active Tourist's Portable Bath with great enthusiasm and detail. ### [III: Birthday-Presents](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sylvie_and_bruno_se/chapters/volume-i-iii-birthday-presents) Gives Sylvie a secondhand pincushion as a birthday present; discusses lecture plans with My Lady. ### [IV: A Cunning Conspiracy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sylvie_and_bruno_se/chapters/volume-i-iv-a-cunning-conspiracy) Mentioned as Lord Chancellor; helps execute the fraudulent agreement. ### [A Jester and a Bear](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sylvie_and_bruno_se/chapters/volume-i-ix-a-jester-and-a-bear) Mistreated by the Vice-Warden and Lady; later involved in the conspiracy and asked to preside over an election. ### [X: The Other Professor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sylvie_and_bruno_se/chapters/volume-i-x-the-other-professor) Confuses animals and objects, humorously deals with a tailor's bill, and orchestrates the visit to the Other Professor while planning a lecture and banquet. ### [X: The Other Professor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sylvie_and_bruno_se/chapters/volume-i-x-the-other-professor) Found sleeping over a book, sings a 'Pig-Tale' poorly, and discusses the order of events for the lecture and banquet. ### [XI: Peter and Paul](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sylvie_and_bruno_se/chapters/volume-i-xi-peter-and-paul) Recites the poem 'Peter and Paul' to Sylvie and Bruno. ### [A Musical Gardener](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sylvie_and_bruno_se/chapters/volume-i-xii-a-musical-gardener) Helps the children by reasoning with the Gardener and using the 'Rule of Three' to pass through the door. ### [A Musical Gardener](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sylvie_and_bruno_se/chapters/volume-i-xii-a-musical-gardener) Engages in a confusing discussion about division and nerves, and later gets lost, prompting a search. ### [XVI: A Changed Crocodile](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sylvie_and_bruno_se/chapters/volume-i-xvi-a-changed-crocodile) The Professor is mentioned as the inventor of the machine that shortens and lengthens things; he is preparing a lecture. ### [Queer Street, Number Forty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sylvie_and_bruno_se/chapters/volume-i-xviii-queer-street-number-forty) Wakes up disoriented, asks where he is and who he is, tries to find his way back to Outland. ### [Through the Ivory Door](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sylvie_and_bruno_se/chapters/volume-i-xxi-through-the-ivory-door) Leads the group back through the Ivory Door; explains the new Money-Act and the supposed death of the Warden; shows emotion about his glorification. ### [To the Rescue!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sylvie_and_bruno_se/chapters/volume-ii-xvii-to-the-rescue) Sings the whimsical 'Manlet' song to Bruno, accompanying himself on his Outlandish guitar. ### [Gammon and Spinach](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sylvie_and_bruno_se/chapters/volume-ii-xx-gammon-and-spinach) The Professor prepares for the banquet and lecture, administers medicine, and discovers the Other Professor in a cupboard. ### [Gammon and Spinach](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sylvie_and_bruno_se/chapters/volume-ii-xx-gammon-and-spinach) The Other Professor is found sitting in a cupboard, eating nuts, and asks about the lecture. ### [The Professor's Lecture](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sylvie_and_bruno_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxi-the-professor-s-lecture) Delivers the lecture, performs experiments, and interacts with Bruno. ### [The Banquet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sylvie_and_bruno_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxii-the-banquet) Hosts the banquet, discusses dinner-party advantages, and suggests using ice for coolth. ### [The Banquet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sylvie_and_bruno_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxii-the-banquet) Trips into the banquet, reads a book, and makes brief remarks. ### [The Pig-Tale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sylvie_and_bruno_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxiii-the-pig-tale) Introduces the Pig-Tale recitation and leads the cheering. ### [The Pig-Tale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sylvie_and_bruno_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxiii-the-pig-tale) Recites the Pig-Tale poem and later falls into the fireplace. ### [XXIV: The Beggar's Return](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sylvie_and_bruno_se/chapters/volume-ii-xxiv-the-beggar-s-return) Suffers from lumbago and rheumatism, invents a fable about 'Don't-care' and 'Care,' and prepares a birthday gift for Uggug. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sylvie_and_bruno_se/characters/professor - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sylvie_and_bruno_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sylvie_and_bruno_se/characters