HAIKUPRAJNA — Review: Howl’s Moving Castle

Her words bring to life\ the ability to change,\ the magick of speech.

#HAIKUPRAJNA — Review: Howl’s Moving Castle

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“It was, she thought dizzily, as if the man sitting there and the huge, important thing which was kingship were two separate things that just happened to occupy the same chair.”

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones is a novel about Sophie Hatter, the eldest daughter of three at eighteen years old, who is transformed into an older lady by the evil Witch of the Waste. The subsequent adventures led her to forming a contract with the fire demon Calcifer, who controls the eponymous castle, which pushes her into the life of Wizard Howl, all the while showing the power of thought and speech through the deceiving appearances of magic.

“ “What does Howl do to these poor females? I was told he ate their hearts and took their souls away.” Michael laughed uncomfortably. “Then you must come from Market Chipping. Howl sent me down there to blacken his name when we first set up the castle. I-er-I said that sort of thing. It’s what aunts usually say. It’s only true in a manner of speaking.” “