Howl

Howl’s Moving Castle is a love story about a young girl, Sophie, who finds herself getting cursed by a witch, and a wizard, Howl. There are many clichés about Japanese films that people associate with them, but the artistic yet effective messages and pictures throughout the film make it a must see for any movie lover. Although this movie falls into the animated film category, it is a bit different. It was created through a series of drawn pictures that were put together to make the movie.…

The only way for her to rid herself of this awful spell would be to find an always-moving castle in the hill whose owner was the powerful wizard Howl. She forms a secret contract with Howl’s fire demon…

A loud, long, doleful cry uttered by an animal in distress. A howl. Howls are not limited to beasts that crawl on all fours; humans have been howling for centuries. In times of protest, or in celebration howls emerge from the depths of humanity, capturing and immortalizing the thoughts and beliefs of some of the greatest minds that humanity has to offer. Some three centuries ago, a group of elected delegates, representing the 13 individual British colonies, met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania…

Such as when Mrs. Suliman, Howl’s magic teacher, attacked Howl and tried to show Sophie his true form-- a monster. The intensity of the music portrayed how mysterious her magic is, and at the same time the dire situation Howl was in from her magic. A second example, was when Sophie dreamt about Howl returning home from after participating in the war. He would come back home in his bird like form, slowly walk up to his room, and…

Allen Ginsberg’s electric “Footnote” to Howl situates itself comfortably within his bigger poem, or just plain Howl, a well-known and admired epic by Allen Ginsberg for his generation of lost and disaffected youths. Ginsberg’s epic entirety closely resembles Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass published in 1855, which marked an era of upheaval in politics, society, and social conventions. Now getting to Ginsberg’s infamous “Footnote,” which stirred up and presented a new literary style approaching…

rifles, and began taking aim at the trees. The howls were slow-paced, and mournful. They sent a shiver up Nick’s spine. Alan wasted two bullets by shooting them into the trunk of a large pine tree. “Hey, save your bullets man!” Danny shouted. “Sorry, I’m nervous,” Alan replied. Nick shushed both of them, and listened. The howls still raged on from somewhere beyond the clearing. There were what sounded like thousands of the noisemakers, and the howls they were making were the weirdest…

depicted in his renowned poem “Song of Myself,” has paved the way for many future American writers. Furthermore, his poem has had an enormous influence on Allen Ginsberg, whose controversial poem “Howl” echoes many of the characteristics of Whitman's verse. However, while the form and content of “Howl” may have been influenced by “Song of Myself,” Ginsberg's poem signifies a transformation of Whitman's use of the line, his first-person narration, and his vision of America. As Whitman's lines…

respects Sophie, but is also slightly terrified of her unusual behavior. The spunk and unfiltered speech and attitude Sophie projects is never seen possessed by old women, who typically symbolize kindness and quietness. As Sophie and Howl’s bond deepens Howl begins to confide his fears and problems into Sophie. He even sent Sophie to meet the witch, Suliman, who yearns to strip Howl’s powers away for not dedicating himself and his powers to the war effort. Suliman exposes Howl’s true from, and…

Ginsberg: A Modern Whitman with a Twist Postmodernism, a movement in the late 20th century, followed the Modernism movement during the late 19th and early 20th century. The Modernism movement is characterized as a movement that steered away from 19th century traditions in art, religion and faith, and literature. It encouraged rebellion against the cultural norm, was a change for the believed “outdated” day to day life, and focused on finding the meaning/root. At the time, it was…

states “We heard a howl. We heard a howl of humiliation that echoes across two centuries of dispossession, injustice, suffering and survival. We heard the howl of the Australian dream and it said to us again, you're not welcome.” This outtake of Grants speech portrays the deeply emotional pain that indigenous Australians are exposed to on a daily basis, even in the most innocently driven and well intentioned acts, such as the Australian Anthem. Grants has used the metaphor of “...the howl of…