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Howl's Moving Castle Character Analysis

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As mentioned in chapter one and three, the present study was conducted in order to investigate how magical events influence the development of main character in the novel Howl’s Moving Castle. There were six magical events that influence major character development found in the novel. From these magical events, the data analysis revealed there are two kinds of magic laws that are influenced the development of main character the most: consistency and limitation. Meanwhile, in terms of functions of fantasy, escape and recovery become the functions that mainly take a part to shape the main character’s development. More detail of each of the finding will be further elaborated in the following sections respectively.
4.1.1. Magical Events
According to Stableford (2009), magical event means something that happens outside the normal working of cause and effect; in which, there is intrusion of supernatural elements or the accomplishment of a fixed spell. In the novel Howl’s Moving Castle, the researcher finds six magical events which mainly influence the development of …show more content…

The Land of Ingary has its own rule; in which the eldest of three has the least luck among his/her siblings. It is stated that Sophie was born to an adequate family who run a hat shop as the eldest of two. However, after her mother died, her father married to the apprentice of the hat shop, Fanny. From the marriage, the family has another daughter which makes Sophie the eldest of three; which implies she is now bound to the magic of Ingary. This is the first magical event she experienced. According to Stableford (2009), magical event is something that happens because the intervention of magical elements which then causes to the unusual cause and effect system. In Sophie’s case, she is just cursed by the rule of the Land of Ingary which causes her to be the unluckiest daughter in her family for the entire of her

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