3/2/09 English 1106 Coraline is a horrific children’s book that was produced into a movie in 2009. Written by Neil Gaiman‚ the book was published in 2003 as juvenile fiction. Gaiman’s twisted ingenious mind has even frightened adult readers. This creepy fairy tale clearly draws much of its inspiration from Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. What started out as a children’s novel became a hit movie in theaters. What is so spectacular about Coraline may be the colorful characters‚ the
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What is so special about Coraline? What makes her and this book so special? Well‚ like other Protagonists‚it’s probably bravery. But Neil Gaiman portrays Coraline’s bravery very different compared to other protagonists. For some readers‚ it seems as if Coraline partially embraces the dangers and somehow uses it to maybe get rid of her boredom at the beginning of the book. But we will witness at the end of this book how Coraline overcomes the danger she is forced to face and almost makes the readers
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Coraline is a feature length‚ stop-animation film based on the children’s book of the same name. Originally written by Neil Gaiman and adapted under director Henry Selick for the purpose of the movie‚ the story is about a young girl named Coraline who is ignored by her busy parents. After moving into a new house she discovers a small door containing a tunnel leading to a house that seems identical to her own. These assumptions are short lived after Coraline meets her ’Other Mother’ and ’Other Father’
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Coraline Neil Gaiman’s children’s novel Coraline begins when Coraline‚ a young girl‚ and her parents moving into a second-floor flat in an old house. She then enters a parallel universe in which she begins her journey quest. As well as in Harry Potter‚ Coraline follows the classic pattern of a quest story‚ with plenty of interesting and imaginative twists on the genre. The hero with a thousand faces presents the idea of a hero’s journey‚ also called as the monomyth. Written in 1949 by Joseph
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Coraline Reviewed by Sarah Estes Have you ever wanted to read a book that keeps you on the edge of your seat and at the same time you will be scared of what’s going to happen next? Well if the answer is yes then Coraline is the right book for you. This wonderful book was written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Dave McKean. I chose this book because I had never read a good scary story in my entire life. This book is supernatural fiction. This story mainly takes place in another world that
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Henry Selick has used Symbolism to explore the key themes of “Coraline” by describing her loneliness‚ her identity and the way that she wants to be‚ and also by describing her relationship with her family. Coraline is a movie about a young girl who has just moved house and her parents are very busy‚ she finds a door that leads to a new better world. Or so it seems‚ after a series of events Coraline comes to the realisation that everything in the world is not as it seems‚ and ends up going on an adventure
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eerie lifeless doll‚ stripped of its features with each dramatic cut made by a creature composed of needles‚ as well the dark composition and sharp ominous score‚ made the opening scene of Coraline highly recognizable in the film industry and introduced the audience to a gothic animated world like no other. Coraline‚ released in 2009‚ focuses on an eleven year old girl and her journey through an alternate dimension that leaves her appreciating her own reality. The film is based on the book by the same
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through someone else you exchange the inward hatred and replace it with outward disdain for the person that has committed the act. Self is best described as the combination of your conscious and unconscious becoming one in a balanced state. In Coraline by Neil Gaimen and A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin the shadow becomes a physical thing‚ an actual entity. The genre itself‚ fantasy‚ has its own identity crisis which further adds to the lack of self in the novels. This should not make
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CORALINE Adapted from a Neil Gaiman book‚ the story of Coraline would be best described as a gothic‚ horror. It’s nothing like most fairy tales‚ this movie features lots of intense action and lots of spots throughout the movie that gives you an adrenaline rush. It offers a good range of the strange‚ abnormal and supernatural storyline which includes; bugs‚ ghosts‚ and the terrible Other mother. Coraline can be viewed as a dark and grim fairy tale by most people that choose to watch it. Coraline
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life. In the scene Coraline shows many signs of loneliness. Loneliness is the feeling of being alone. Henry Selick demonstrates this by using techniques such as high angle‚ medium shot‚ and Dolly. In the film Coraline Henry Selick uses a technique called high angle to show the loneliness feeling going on in the film. He used this technique to emphasize how alone she is in such a big surrounding by using high angle. I believe Henry Selick uses this angle very well in film Coraline. By expressing the
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