To understand Howl, you need to understand the Moving Castle and Calcifer.
In fact, in a sense, the three are one. What is Cassifer? People who haven't read the original book may not understand the last childhood experience of Hal. At that time, a shooting star fell from the sky and fell in Hal's hands. Hal swallowed the shooting star and gave his heart to Hal. The shooting star was born, so the fire demon CASIFA was born, so CASIFA is essentially Howl's heart.
The so-called contract is that Howl gave his heart to Cassifer, and Cassifer built a moving castle for Howl. Therefore, the moving castle is essentially the externalization of Howl's mind. The reconstruction of the castle, which undoubtedly confirms this, then the story becomes interesting.
At the beginning of the film, we know that Howl's castle is always moving, which symbolizes that Howl's heart has been wandering, and he has never lived in a fixed place. At the beginning, the girls communicated that Howl would eat people's hearts. We all know that Hal is a kind person, and it is absolutely impossible to dig people's hearts to eat such bloody things. So, who spread the rumors? I guess it's Hal himself. Hal is the most handsome male lead in all of Miyazaki's films. How could such a boy not be liked by girls? But Hal doesn't have the ability to like others, because his heart is empty, but the more empty he feels, the more he needs love, so he made many girlfriends, but in the end it brought a lot to both parties. Cassifer also said that he was depressed because of this, so he released the heart of Howl himself. This kind of terrifying story was used to scare away all the girls who wanted to approach him. At this time, Howl was in his heart. It was deserted until she broke in. This person was Sophie, and it was the old lady Sophie. If Hal didn't even have the ability to love someone at that time, then Sophie also didn't have the ability, but he did. You must know that Howl built this moving castle just because he didn't want people to get close to it easily, but Sophie was able to find it and enter it easily. Even Hal's little apprentice couldn't help but be surprised. Similarly, the fire demon Cassifer As the externalization of Haier's heart, he also accepted Sophie. You must know that Fire Demon will not work for anyone except Hal. When Hal saw Sophie's first face, she seemed as natural as Sophie. The land has already appeared in his castle, and there is no rejection at that moment, he may have been waiting for a long time.
He prepared a sumptuous breakfast for Sophie. Even the young apprentice said that he hadn't eaten such a sumptuous breakfast for a long time. Perhaps before Sophie came, he had not prepared a delicious breakfast for a long time. And what was Sophie's role in Howl's castle in the first place? Cleaner, Sophie is the cleaner of Howl Castle, and naturally he is also the cleaner of Howl's soul. The mess inside the castle also shows the dusty heart of Hal. Even Hal couldn't help but say, can't you be gentle with my friend? You're going to break your heart for killing him. In the movie, Sophia praised Calcifer, who was really amazing, and she burst out with great energy like a praised child.
After the two people have experienced all kinds of things, their relationship has been becoming extremely deep. Hal's heart is finally no longer so desolate and closed. Finally had a reason to settle down, so he decided to leave the moving castle and settle down in the small town where Sophie lived. In the final war, Hal said, I have been running away for too long, now finally When the person who is willing to let me swear to protect it is you, if Howl's love has saved Sophie's old heart, then Sophie's love has saved Hal's cowardly soul, and he finally has a powerful soul. Inwardly, at the end of the movie, the most touching moment of the movie, Sophie finally knew that the person Howl had been waiting for all these years was him. At that time, if Sophie didn't understand, then Howl's heart would really die. Fortunately, Sophie picked up the tired Calcifer, held up Hal's tired heart, and put him in Hal Inside his chest, Sophie finally found herself, and Hal also found herself.
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