their smaller brains. The story might have been different told from another point of
             view. Had it been told from the objective point of view, the author wouldn't have been
             able to effectively get across the ideas of the great big brains that the characters had.
             Nor would he have been able to give his own insights and ideas about the characters.
             The point of view played a big role in being able to tell the story effectively.
             III. Commentary on Plot and Structure
             A. The title of the story, Galapagos, was referring to the group of islands on
             which the people on the "Nature Cruise of the Century" were stranded, and thus, became
             the last people alive on Earth after everyone else died. The name of the islands also
             bore some significance to the fact that the scientist Charles Darwin had once visited
             there. Darwin came up with the law of natural selection which ended up making those
             great big brains shrink and for humans to develop flippers.
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