In life, there are two kinds of love, fake love and true love. In Stardust, Tristran Thorn faces the obstacle, of identifying, which kind of love he so fondly attempts to obtain. At first Tristran falls in love with Victoria Forester, “the most beautiful girl for a hundred miles around” (Gaiman 57). One day, with the gust of Faerie wind, Tristran gains a sense of confidence to walk Victoria home and to plead his love, “I would go to America-all the way to San Francisco, to the gold-fields, and I would not come back until I had your weight in gold. Then I would carry it back here, and lay it at your feet……” (Gaiman 46). Luring Tristran on, Victoria jokingly offers his wishes, but under one circumstance, “‘If you bring me that star,’ said Victoria, “the one that just fell, not another star, then I’ll kiss you. Who knows what else I might do. There: now you need not to go to Australia, nor to Africa, nor to far Cathay’..... ‘And if I brought you the fallen star?’ asked Tristran lightly. ‘What would you give me? A kiss? Your hand in marriage?’ ‘Anything you desire,’ said Victoria, amused” (Gaiman 47-48). Unknowingly to Victoria, Tristran embarks on his journey, where he learns the difference between true and fake love. Through his travels, before halfway through the book, during rough times, Tristran relies on his determination …show more content…
Offspring of Dunstan Thorn, Tristran Thorn lives a simple lifestyle similar to his father. Tristran shy as his father, struggles to fit in, not just due to his personality, but also his appearance, as his right ear was flat against his head and in a pointed shape. There has always been a part of him different from the rest of the folks of Wall and as Stardust’s bildungsroman style of writing, sought to expand on. Subtle hints have shed light on Tristan's two face, such as Tristran's kitten, “Shortly afterword, the farm cat had three kittens: two black-and-white ones like herself, and a tiny kitten with a dusty blue sheen to her coat, and eyes that changed color depending on her mood, from green and gold to salmon, scarlet and vermilion…… The guards on the wall were for people, not cats; and Tristran, who was twelve by this time, never saw the blue cat again…. ‘She’ll be happier, over the wall. With her own kind. Don’t you fret now, lad’” (Gaiman 35). This subtle hint exemplifies foreshadowing. While it may not be clear at the time, as Dustan describes the cat, “happier”, references later Tristran’s feeling, that he feels more at home in the world of Faeries than he ever did in Wall, as a laughing stock. Slowly, the foreshadow develops into a truth, as Tristran experiences a call of