

Determinator: During the climax, while trying to save her family and Howl.

Cool Old Lady: As a granny, Sophie gains a lot more backbone than she was willing to display as a young woman.Character Development: Though Sophie is initially reserved and lacking confidence, she demonstrates herself to be a strong-minded individual after she is transformed into an old woman, becoming less afraid of what others think of her, although she shows some signs of this from the moment Martha suggests that she is being exploited - indeed, her mouthing off to the Witch of the Waste due to a confidence born of her anger at this is initially why she thinks she got cursed.Beware the Nice Ones: She's not quite as nice in the book as in the film, but she's still generally a decent, empathetic person, and she's still one of the primary causes of the Witch of the Waste's downfall and quite a powerful witch in her own right.It's enough to make her throw off her shyness at the beginning and snap at the Witch of the Waste when Martha tells her that her treatment in the hat shop is unfair, and she is genuinely angry on Michael and Calcifer's behalf when she thinks that they do all the work of the castle and Howl takes the credit. Berserk Button: People being exploited.One day, she is cursed by the Witch of the Waste, and seeks refuge in Howl's castle, where she makes a bargain with the fire-demon Calcifer to break Howl and Calcifer's contract in exchange for Calcifer breaking her curse. She works in her late father's hat shop as her stepmother, Fanny Hatter's apprentice. In the land of Ingary, this of course means that she is destined to never find her fortune, and live a very dull life at home. She is the eldest of three sisters (Sophie, Lettie, and Martha Hatter). She is a young lady living in the small town of Market Chipping in the fictional kingdom of Ingary. Sophie Hatter is the protagonist of the first book called Howl's Moving Castle.
