Why is love such a prominent theme in literature?
What is your favorite type of love story? Do you like a fairytale romance, a slightly twisted romance (think Sookie Stackhouse Novels), star-crossed lovers (Romeo and Juliet), or a good love triangle (King Arthur, Guenevere, and Lancelot)?
Love seems to be a huge catalyst for action, both good and bad, in many novels...is that exaggerated for our entertainment? Why or why not?
Okay...think on that and come prepared to share!
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Molly
My favorite romance book is Howl's Moving Castle. If follows a girl named Sophie Hatter who is cursed by the Witch of the Waste. The curse causes her to look like a 90 year old woman. She leaves home to find a way to undo the spells. She comes across the moving castle and she gets in it. There she meets Calcifer a fire demon who has a contract with the Wizard Howl. She makes a agreement with him to break his contract and he will work on breaking her curse. So she poses as Howl's new cleaning lady. At the end of her adventure the Witch of the Waste is defeated, Calcifer is free (although he still sticks around), and Sophie's curse is lifted. She and Howl love each other though they get into arguments. There are two more books in which they appear. It is learned that Sophie and Howl got married and have a kid (although he was born as a kitten because Sophie was a cat). The other books are Castle in the Air and House of Many Ways.
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