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Compare And Contrast Coraline

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I took this opportunity to compare the text of Coraline by Neil Gailman to the movie interpretation by Henry Selick. There were many differences evident throughout the whole movie but a few of the main contrasts I noticed were the addition of a new character “Wybie” who gives her a doll and the dissimilarity in endings. In the book, Coraline is caught talking mostly to herself which built onto her character and there was also no mention of a doll that she had. However, in the beginning of the film, we are introduced to a boy named Wybie who acts as her companion throughout her adventures. He gives her his grandmother’s doll that looks very similar to Coraline which unknowingly acts as a way for the “Other Mother” to see her and how unsatisfied
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