“The other mother has encased in glass marbles” the souls of the ghost children and are hidden throughout her world (Parsons, Sewers, and McInally 379). Coraline’s exploring game of hide-and-go-seek has some frightening encounters, especially one she has with her other father. According to Parsons, Sewers, and McInally, for Coraline “to complete her journey” she must face her other father (381). “The other mother knowingly gives Coraline the key [from her mouth] needed to open the flat in which her
“Hansel and Gretel” to “Coraline,” by Emily Culp, that delve greater into Coraline and how motherhood is portrayed in the book. The novel tells the story of a young girl named Coraline Jones; she is a quirky, imaginative girl who genuinely loves adventure. Her real parents are quite inattentive; they are mostly too distracted by their work to pay much attention to Coraline. This leads to her to discovering an alternate reality with a different set of parents, appropriately called other mother and
attentive and where everything is magical and wonderful. In this sense, the story of Coraline is like stories such as The Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland, and Labyrinth. These movies, including Coraline, take after the same fundamental blueprint: the young hero will be an
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