The Water-Babies · Character
Professor Owen
A real-life scientist mentioned in the book's commentary.
minor
First appearance: viii
Professor Owen's tie to Tom is one of the pressures that moves The Water-Babies—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
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With Tom (rivalry): Professor Owen is a skeptical scientist who dismisses Tom's water-baby existence, embodying narrow rationalism. With The Baltas (professional): Professor Owen studies the Baltas (fossil creatures) as…
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- Rivalry
- Professional
- Other
Character groups
- Moral guides and allegories
- Protagonist
- Satirical and moral exemplars
- Mythological and allegorical enforcers
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Falling action.
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- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Tom
rivalry · negative
Professor Owen is a skeptical scientist who dismisses Tom's water-baby existence,… How this plays out →
- The Baltas
professional · ambivalent
- Tom
rivalry · negative
Professor Owen is a skeptical scientist who dismisses Tom's water-baby existence,… How this plays out →
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See Professor Owen in viii