Which diana wynne jones character

Over the years there's been: Luke Howl but only as a sort of 'older-man' crush i used to have. Chrestomanci he says all kinds of things with a sort of very polite expression which makes it even funnier Its like her personality's so strong its an awkward point with her :.

Feb 28, PM. I agree Maree Mallory has a strong, interesting character. Loved the car dance! I would have also liked th read more about Maree.

There is definately more to tell. I need to reread most of Jones' books. I sadly don't remember a lot of the characters. One that stands out is Dogsbody. The puppy Leo and child Kathleen are perfect together. Life as a dog was a learning experience for Sirius, the dog star.

Apr 12, AM. Sophie and Howl are just amazing, both as separate entities and as a duo. I loved that the heroes of Howl's Moving Castle were a cranky "old" lady and a vain coward.

Chrestomanci is so politely sarcastic, which I found endlessly amusing and endearing. I also think they're my favorite because they weren't limited to just one book.

I really hope DWJ chooses to continue their stories in newer works, even if they have very limited roles. Apr 14, AM. Yeah, I like that Jones doesn't make her characters too perfect. Apr 16, AM. Miriam wrote: "Yeah, I like that Jones doesn't make her characters too perfect. I don't think there are any characters anywhere nowadays who are written 'perfect'. Readers wouldn't take to them. I agree. And since the books are written for children and young adult, what child would want to read about a perfect, goody two shoes?

Besides the characters must have faults in order to overcome them on the road to perfection! DWJ's character are often clueless at the beginning of the book, but they sure do learn along the way.

No, I don't think perfect characters are very common anymore, but I think of a couple very very not-perfect main characters as well: Charles from Witch Week oh, but I love him anyway for his hilarious logical-ness and Mitt from Drowned Ammet would-be suicide bomber! Apr 17, AM. Kaion wrote:" Oh, i know! How Mitt turned out knocked me off my seat!

I rather liked him I know trilogies are quite common, but quartets? Because i was just thinking that it seemed very like DWJ to write a quartet instead of doing trilogies like other authors May 05, AM. True, but a lot of characters seem to me like the author just made up some flaws in order to have flaws, not like they are really integrated into a real personality likes Jones' characters. May 06, AM. True, but a lot of characters seem to me like the author just made up some flaws in order to have flaws Some minor imperfection to make them seem less idealized.

And lots of times the flaws don't effect the plot at all. I love the way DWJ structures the plot in ways that make sense for the characters personalities. Like, it completely works in Charmed Life that Cat wouldn't think of asking for help. May 17, AM. Yasmin wrote: "Kaion wrote:" As for quartets in which a would-suicide-bomber becomes king, I'm not sure those are quite as common.

Am I the only one not utterly charmed by Howl? Sure he's entertaining, but I do not have Sophie's perseverance. There is absolutely no way I could get along with anyone that high-maintenance. Do you guys think she goes to the well of Cat-like reluctant hero too often?

Howl isn't my favorite DWJ male character either. Seems to me that Spohie's life evolved around needy people. She's probably used to the role of care giver. Oh definitely no coincidence she basically takes over for Michael and Michael goes and marries her sister. Though Sophie does discover her inner spunk with help from the old-lady-ish-ness and Howl's outrageous levels of self-centered-ness. It is a fairy-tale, we all get what we deserve.

Not necessarily in the bad way, either, 'cause maybe I'm speaking as an older sister, but Howl would be SO aggravating. Haha, Howl didn't do it for me, either, but he and Sophie seemed to make sense somehow. I liked in Castle where she is describing him and cowardly and vain and impossible to pin down and Mustafa?

I'm just describing him! Jul 03, AM. Miriam : "Mustafa? Paula wrote: "Howl isn't my favorite DWJ male character either. But i have to say, one of the best things i like about DWJ's characters is how their histories affects their magic. Like, why Chrestomanci is weak against silver, or in Year of the Griffin, how this one girl apologies, i've forgotten her name has her gift for translocation affected by a travel jinx Miriam, I get names mixed up too. Especially when I haven't read the book in a while.

Yasmin, I'm going to have to read the Year of the Griffin again and I've forgotten why Chestomanci is weak againt silve. DWJ's reads are so wonderful and it's saddens me that I've let so much slip by me.

And I do agree that a person's past does affect magical personality and strength. Jul 18, PM. I thought it was just a quirk of his constitution? Every hero's got to have an Achilles' heel and all. Jul 19, AM. Kaion, well yes, but i meant that there was a reason why silver is Chrestomanci's weakness, as opposed to it being something he was just born with, for example.

If i remember correctly it had something do to with a spell his father cast on him against silver.. Or something like that.. Paula wrote Sophie has several weaknesses that hold her back over the course of the story. These are all weaknesses that actively hold her back and make things difficult for her, so she passes this round.

At the beginning of the novel Sophie is a shy, lonely young woman who feels an almost oppressive duty to her family. But once she gets transformed into a ninety-year-old, her personality completely changes.

The interfering old lady is a stock character in popular culture — as seen here in this slightly NSFW Monty Python clip:. What stops this from being purely stereotypical is that Sophie allows this transformation to give her a new kind of power. This leaves me with a really interesting — albeit tricky — situation to try and make sense of. On the one hand, in many ways Sophie is a very traditional woman: she spends a lot of the novel cooking, cleaning, sewing, making clothes and doing a lot of behind-the-scenes work that nobody really seems to appreciate.

She still manages to have an active role in the story despite some considerable handicaps, and she proves herself to be just as capable as the rest of the characters when it comes to defeating evil and removing her own curse. Sophie has a wide range of relationships with a wide range of female characters, but it has to be said that most of these are nowhere near as well-developed in the Studio Ghibli film as they are in the book. She loves and worries about her younger sisters, and also comes to envy the way they fixed their own situations.

But by far the most interesting relationship she has is with her stepmother. She also realises that her stepmother does genuinely care about her — a welcome change from many other fairy tales. Another perfect score! Sophie is a well-developed character with real agency in her own story, a range of relationships with a range of different female characters and some serious weaknesses that she has to work against.

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