 Ten years later , a young bookworm girl named Belle is bored of her village life and seeks excitement . Because of her nonconformist ideals , she is ridiculed by everyone except her father Maurice an odd inventor , the town bookseller , and an arrogant , vain ; muscular hunter named Gaston . Despite being popular with the townsfolk , Gaston is determined to marry Belle . She repeatedly rejects his advances . 
