Books Are Life

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Because of the war, we're living in a nightmare, and you're ignoring me.

Why? Because I'm asking you to share this post so my voice reaches the world and they see the suffering we're enduring because of the Israeli war.

I know yall are as crazy about this queer angel as I am

Explicit references:

"Song" by John Donne (the curse)

"The Sun Rising" by John Donne ("busy old fool unruly Sophie")

Hamlet ("Alas, poor Yorick")

Lord of the Rings/Hobbit (the house in Wales called Rivendell

Alice in Wonderland ("we can't all be Mad Hatters")

Howl called a "Bluebeard"

Robert the Bruce, Gretna Green 1306 ("If at first you don't succeed, try, try again")

Howl "Pendragon" is a reference to Arthur Pendragon

Fairy tale allusions: (@i-didnt-quite-get-that-now pointed out the bulk of these!!)

Cinderella (two stepsisters)

The Wizard of Oz (Witch of the Waste/West, scarecrow, heart/brain/head motif)

Beauty and the Beast (living with a guy and ultimately breaking his curse)

Snow White (running away from home only to housekeep for some guys)

7 league boots

Asking for the princess' hand in marriage as reward for a Task

The youngest son as the one to find fortune, eldest as doomed to fail

Somewhat more ambiguous but you can make a convincing case:

The opening line follows Pride and Prejudice and its "truths universally acknowledged" that then get undermined in the novel

Jane Farrier as an Emma allusion (@toasterchan makes a convincing case for this)

Calcifer and Howl's deal is reminiscent of Faust and his deal with the devil

sounds about right

[ID: A section of the novel Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones. The text reads:

“Even a djinn couldn’t get through,” said Wizard Suliman. “But what did Howl do?”

“He’s the best wizard in Ingary or anywhere else. If he’d only had time, he would have defeated that djinn. And he’s sly and selfish and vain as a peacock and cowardly, and you can’t pin him down to anything.”

“Indeed? Strange that you should speak so proudly such a list of vices, most loving of ladies.”

“What do you mean, vices? I was just describing Howl.”

- Abdullah and Sophie, in the Howl’s Moving Castle series

cat: yea but i bet you stole stuff when you were my age