Beauty and the Beast

Belle, a wonderful girl with a bright mind, lives in a small village in the countryside of forgotten France. She loves her novels but only her father accepts this. All other citizens living in her town believe that women are not meant to think or be educated. After all, they are there to smile, look pretty, and do whatever their husbands require of them. Belle doesn't want that though. Ever since she turned 15, everyone seemed to see how beautiful she had suddenly become. Everyone says that she is the most gorgeous girl in town and the most handsome man in town, Gaston is smitten with her. The feelings aren't reciprocated however. Belle just isn't interested with him and with the way he treats her like a pretty object. Like she is full blossom to be picked and place in a vase where everyone can admire it. No, Belle wants to travel and bloom. That cannot be possible though. Not in her village.