The Print Version Of Coraline By Neil Gaiman

The print version of “Coraline” written by Neil Gaiman was published on July 2nd 2002 and is based in a big apartment in England. The theme is when faced with your fears, one must use their courage, overcome the odds, and persevere through the troubles. The movie Coraline released on February 6th, 2009, directed by Henry Selick. The overall theme is when met with a better life than your own, one could forget the reality in which they live in and never want to turn back. This is the theme because of Coraline’s naiveness, the Other Mothers’ creations, and the symbolism of the buttons for eyes. The performed version of Coraline is easier to understand rather than the print version. The performed version gives an easier insight into the characterization

“The day after they moved in, Coraline went exploring. . . . There was also a well. On the first day Coraline’s family moved in, Miss Spink and Miss Forcible made a point of telling Coraline how dangerous the well was. . . So Coraline set off to explore for it, so that she knew where it was, to keep away from it properly.” (Gaiman 5) In the performed version, Coraline immediately sets off for adventure after they move into their new home but is oblivious to the dangerous well and is also oblivious to the Poison Oak branch she is using as a mentioned “dowsing rod”. (Coraline 00:04:07) The movie version gives us a more adventure focused Coraline which makes it easier to understand why Coraline in the movie enjoyed being in the Other World so much as she saw it as one big adventure. “There are three unique traits of a child demographic that I believe play an integral role to “Coraline”. First, a child is curious. Second, a child is small. And third, a child can be quite annoying . . . this third point might not look so good out of context, but we’ll ignore that for now.” (York para. 8) Meaning that the characterization in the movie is more well interpreted than in the

“ ‘Right,’ said Coraline. ‘Then I suppose there is only one thing left to do.’ She walked into her father’s study. She sat down at his desk. Then she picked up the telephone, and she opened the phone book and telephoned the local police station.” (Gaiman 54) In the film, Coraline does not call the police she instead finds them appearing in the mirror in the hallway writing ‘Help Us’. Coraline proceeds to shatter the mirror and ends up finds a doll that looks like her parents on each side with the black cat. “ ‘How did this happen?’ ‘Oh!’ ‘She’s taken them.’ “(Coraline 01:08:23) “Coraline is both a little girl who looks for her parents for inspiration and guidance and a mature girl who knows what she wants and likes. These attributes are exhibited together in both the paracosm and the real world. “ (Swamy 34) Coraline is devastated by the disappearance of her parents, although they may not have been interested much in what she does in her life, they were still her role models and her real and genuine parents. In the film, it is easier to understand that the Other Mother took Coraline’s real parents and left the two sided doll for Coraline to find. The print version doesn’t directly tell or show that the Other Mother has her