Howl's Moving Castle
Example of our writing over the course of the novel:
HMC, Chapter 6 Response examples:
What does the author want you to notice about deception? How does that add value to the novel?
Ms. Tracewski’s response:
Deception. Deception is a trick, a hook that lures us down a different path. Diana Wynne Jones uses the novel Howl’s Moving Castle to demonstrate the spectrum of ways that deception challenges our identity. Specifically, in Chapter 6, the author makes me notice how deception leads to miscommunication and contradictions. For example, at the end of the chapter, Howl reveals that he has fallen in love with Lettie; however, we know that Martha is posing as Lettie. Therefore, her deception leads to miscommunication. Meanwhile, Howl acted deceptively when he distance himself from Lettie, hoping that would make her like him more. It didn’t. Therefore, the author seems to want to convey that sometimes our deceptive acts come back to bite us, like karma.
Student Response:
Deception. Deception is bad and good at the same time. It’s an example of juxtaposition. It’s bad and good at the same time because it depends on the way it is used. In Howl’s Moving Castle, Fanny is being deceptive to Sophie by making her make hats while she gets the profits from all of Sophie’s hard work.
Improved student Response:
In Howl’s Moving Castle, the Diana Wynne Jones uses juxtaposition to bring out the challenges that deception creates for people. Sometimes deception is good; other times it is bad. However, it always leads to miscommunication which challenges people to redefine the path they are on. Jones uses juxtaposition with the theme appearances versus reality by placing character changes side by side. For example, Sophie is transformed into an old woman, Lettie and Martha switch places, and now Howl’s hair has been colored and his clothes changed. This makes me think that society and people will never quite be what I want or expect them to be and so on our journey we will need to adapt to others.
HMC, Chapter 6 Response examples:
What does the author want you to notice about deception? How does that add value to the novel?
Ms. Tracewski’s response:
Deception. Deception is a trick, a hook that lures us down a different path. Diana Wynne Jones uses the novel Howl’s Moving Castle to demonstrate the spectrum of ways that deception challenges our identity. Specifically, in Chapter 6, the author makes me notice how deception leads to miscommunication and contradictions. For example, at the end of the chapter, Howl reveals that he has fallen in love with Lettie; however, we know that Martha is posing as Lettie. Therefore, her deception leads to miscommunication. Meanwhile, Howl acted deceptively when he distance himself from Lettie, hoping that would make her like him more. It didn’t. Therefore, the author seems to want to convey that sometimes our deceptive acts come back to bite us, like karma.
Student Response:
Deception. Deception is bad and good at the same time. It’s an example of juxtaposition. It’s bad and good at the same time because it depends on the way it is used. In Howl’s Moving Castle, Fanny is being deceptive to Sophie by making her make hats while she gets the profits from all of Sophie’s hard work.
Improved student Response:
In Howl’s Moving Castle, the Diana Wynne Jones uses juxtaposition to bring out the challenges that deception creates for people. Sometimes deception is good; other times it is bad. However, it always leads to miscommunication which challenges people to redefine the path they are on. Jones uses juxtaposition with the theme appearances versus reality by placing character changes side by side. For example, Sophie is transformed into an old woman, Lettie and Martha switch places, and now Howl’s hair has been colored and his clothes changed. This makes me think that society and people will never quite be what I want or expect them to be and so on our journey we will need to adapt to others.
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Most of our words come from Howl's Moving Castle, but we have also read other literature to support our thinking.
Most of our words come from Howl's Moving Castle, but we have also read other literature to support our thinking.