It’s the best kind of chaotic chosen-family, and I love it. A guy who has been cursed to be a dog and is a different kind of dog in every scene (spoilers if I tell).A 15-year-old magician’s apprentice, who is very in love with a local town girl and can’t tell the difference between a written spell and a piece of John Donne’s poetry (Michael).A fire demon contracted to Howl, that warms the hearth, shares magic with Howl, and powers the moving castle (Calcifer).A dramatic angsty ageless Welsh wizard who turns himself into piles of green goo when women aren’t interested in him (Howl).Howl also just kind of takes this in stride? By the final third of the novel, right before all the threads start coming together, Howl has a household consisting of: She then bullies his apprentice Michael into letting her stay on because she’s made a deal with the fire demon occupying the Wizard Howl’s hearth. And then she takes off all across the moors because the OBVIOUS response is to seek out the other sorcerer around and his magical moving castle. I don’t know why this is so funny to me, but she just takes the curse in stride, assumes her outside now matches her old soul, and is like, “well, duh, I’ll get revenge eventually.” An icon, really. Well, of course I shall have to do for her when I get the chance.” (Jones 36) Besides, this is much more like you really are. “Don’t worry old thing, you look quite healthy. Her response to the curse is really typical for the rest of her actions she sees herself in the mirror, feels her aching body, and says to herself, Even after being cursed by the Witch of the Waste, Sophie remains, if not optimistic, then at least a happy realist. There has to be a suspension of disbelief that doesn’t take away from how much the characters are supposed to matter, and I think Jones was a master of her craft. I love novels that can suck me in like that because it doesn’t happen often. There’s remarkably little detail from the Welsh portions that could betray a fixed period in time, and because most of the world is a fantastic place that doesn’t really exist, the whole thing feels very timeless. The fantasy world Jones created layers a make-believe realm that sits over and intersects with our own version of Wales, though the setting is likely early twentieth century at the latest. It’s worth watching, and Miyazaki still considers it one of his best films. Nothing is changed per se about the general plot, and many of my favorite book elements are present in the movie. If you’ve seen the film, you’ll be familiar with the heavy-handed themes of love and compassion and the negative portrayals of a war fought for the removed upper-classes. Miyazaki had read Jones’ 1986 novel and loved the world-building so much that his film adaptation in 2004 embellished and expanded upon the fantasy world created by Jones.
#HOWLS MOVING CASTLE BOOK MOVIE#
I saw the movie first years back, in high school, and like many people, I fell in love with Hayao Miyazaki (co-creator of Studio Ghibli) and his films immediately. I didn’t even realize Howl’s Moving Castle was a book before it was made into a movie. Does the clue to breaking it lie in a famous poem? And what will happen to Sophie Hatter when she enters Howl’s castle?
Destinies are intertwined, identities exchanged, lovers confused. In this giant jigsaw puzzle of a fantasy, people and things are never quite what they seem. Along the way, she discovers that there’s far more to Howl-and herself-than first meets the eye. To untangle the enchantment, Sophie must handle the heartless Howl, strike a bargain with a fire demon, and meet the Witch of the Waste head-on. Her only chance at breaking it lies in the ever-moving castle in the hills: the Wizard Howl’s castle. But when she unwittingly attracts the ire of the Witch of the Waste, Sophie finds herself under a horrid spell that transforms her into an old lady. Sophie has the great misfortune of being the eldest of three daughters, destined to fail miserably should she ever leave home to seek her fate. There are two more books, but they are in the same world rather than continuations of plot and characters.įind it: Physical copies in the Vortex, graphic novel adaptations on the 2nd floor, and available as a Playaway audiobook, eAudiobook and eBook, all options listed here.
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