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Mrs. Fairfax
Percival is, unbeknownst to him, a combination of Wizard Suliman and Prince Justin’s body parts. The Witch of the Waste assembles the men into two bodies, one that’s her perfect human and the other, Percival, whom she uses as a servant. As a person, Percival doesn’t remember who he is or much about his past. He’s a red-headed man with absolutely no personality, spark, or defining characteristics. When the Witch has had enough of Percival, she curses him to become a dog and turns him out. He seeks out Lettie and then, with her prodding, Sophie—he’s supposed to protect Sophie from Howl. He occasionally turns back into a person to dispense information, and when he turns back into a dog, he becomes a different breed each time. Howl eventually discovers that the dog in the house is a cursed human and returns Percival to his human state. Percival disappears at the end of the novel, when Wizard Suliman and Prince Justin are magically put back together.
The Dog-Man/Percival Quotes in Howl’s Moving Castle
The Howl’s Moving Castle quotes below are all either spoken by The Dog-Man/Percival or refer to The Dog-Man/Percival. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter Nineteen
Quotes
“Sophie,” he said, “What do you mean by not telling me about this? This dog is a man! And he’s in a terrible state!”
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“You could have noticed for yourself,” she said, glaring back, daring Howl to do his worst with green slime. “Anyway, the dog didn’t want—”
Howl was too angry to listen. He jumped up and hauled the dog across the tiles. “And so I would have done, if I hadn’t had things on my mind,” he said.
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“What’s wrong with it?” said Percival. “Why didn’t you want it?”
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The Dog-Man/Percival Quotes in Howl’s Moving Castle
The Howl’s Moving Castle quotes below are all either spoken by The Dog-Man/Percival or refer to The Dog-Man/Percival. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter Nineteen
Quotes
“Sophie,” he said, “What do you mean by not telling me about this? This dog is a man! And he’s in a terrible state!”
[…]
“You could have noticed for yourself,” she said, glaring back, daring Howl to do his worst with green slime. “Anyway, the dog didn’t want—”
Howl was too angry to listen. He jumped up and hauled the dog across the tiles. “And so I would have done, if I hadn’t had things on my mind,” he said.
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
“What’s wrong with it?” said Percival. “Why didn’t you want it?”
