In our reading of Coraline written by Neil Gaiman the children's novel brings you through a journey of a young girl Coraline fighting to get her parents back from her other mother who has stolen and hidden them from Coraline to keep her forever trapped in her world. But also throughout the novel is shows the benefits and downfalls of polarized parenting towards Coraline leading her down a path of appreciating the parents she has, and her parents taking more time to their daughter. The children's novel starts out dreary, gloomy, and restless waiting for something exciting to happen in this new place she has to adapt to. As a young girl in a new place she was eager and inquisitive to learn as much as she could about her surroundings and as the first two weeks passed by she remained outside, exploring and …show more content…
As her father suggested “Count all the doors and windows. List everything that is blue. Mount an expedition to discover the hot water tank. And leave me alone to work” (Gaiman 5), but on this adventure she found the door that would change her perspective on her parents through the novel. Her parents in the beginning of the novel were neglectful toward their daughter and pushed her off to a later date because they couldn’t balance their home and work life. They put their work above their child, as in the modern day many adults focus of work, what they have to do next and live fast paced lives bases on success and the money they make. Many adult don’t take enough time to slow done, realize the importance of their children and family and how much they matter because the mindset is to get this this done now and family will always be there at home. Being a neglectful parents in relation to the novel lead to Coraline looking for excitement and attention another way, the