Coraline Comprehension
Chapter 2
Coraline Found the door.
VIsion of danger.
coralines mother from the door "other mother"
getting chased.
Mice told caroline she was in danger.
Miss Spink and Forcible told her she was in danger
predicted future using tea leaves
Chapter 3
Coraline found the door.
She found the other parents.
They have been acting loving
cooking a delicious meal.
beautiful room with angel mobile above the bed
Toy box
Pink hairless rats.
Sing.
sing about when they have eyes.
Meet the circus man with the top hat
waving staring at Coraline slowly with a creepy smile.
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Events
black cat
Other parents
Mrs Spink and Forcible
Skinny and Beautiful.
Dogs eating chocolate
Other Mother and other Father.
Creepy waving and smiling goodbye
Black Cat
Can talk - warned about safety.
other world
beautiful garden with lots of colours and flowers.
Characters are more interesting (Spink and Forcible are acrobats)
Events
met the cat
walked through garden
acrobat show
went home - brick walls closed the door.
skinny and cold hands
becomming more creepy
Coraline
tries to go back home
no food in the fridge or no parents
Police officer
Doesn't believe that parents are missing
Tells Coraline to make them a hot chocolate and a hug
Chapter 7
Characterisation
Setting
Events
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
coraline is trapped in a mirror
girl touching coralines face
cold fingers with a faintly voice
makes her sound creepy
she is dead.
little boy
called other mother and father "mamma" and "pappa"
other mother took the little girls soul.
by stealing their eyes.
maybe french? not from this generation
Events
Looking for mum and dad; lost soles
Lost soles look like marballs.
Found the first ball in her room
Found the sencond ball in Mrs Forcible and Mrs Spinks house.
Vampire bats were guarding the marball souls.
Hiarless rats guarding balls under the bed.
Characters
Coraline
Mrs Spink and Mrs Forcible
Cat
Tells coraline how to find the marballs
Look through the stone to find the marballs
marballs light up green
Setting
In the other world
important to the story because; needs to find parents there; talking cat help her find things.
Events
Characters
Setting
Coraline spoke to dad about him deteriorating.
Big black creature who coraline created and he is trying to hurt her based on the other mothers instruction
Setting
Events
Characters
Events
Characters
Setting
Other Father: voice is deeper and slower; face is like clay so he might be dying.
Coraline walked into the mist with cat she was afraid; hugged herself tight and told herself she was brave.
Coraline pulls out his button eyes so he cant see her
the other mother chucked him there because she was angry.
Cellar.
PIle of muddy gunk
Escapes to another floor on the apartment.
The cat; walked with coraline into the mist
Chapter 13
Chapter 12
the other world
"empty drawing of a house": its empty, the facade is gone.
Last chapter in the real world when she escaped.
She had to escape back through the door.
Real world at the end of the chapter.
the sky looked like sky; the world looked like world.
Everything looks real again
Coraline escapes through the door.
Cat goes though with her and is real again
The other mother is chasing her.
Coraline gets to leave because she found all the souls and her parents.
Other mother goes back on her word to set coraline free.
Coraline
Other mother
Looks like a spider
Can't believe that she thought that real and other mother looked the same.
Lost souls.
Parents.
who coraline saves.
setting
Characters
Plot
in the real world.
other mother is asking for the key.
put the key on a string around her neck.
won the game.
Met the ghost children in a dream and had a picnic with them.
one of them had icecream
Coraline
other mother.
mum and dad
ghost kids.
no more button eyes.
warm and happy touch.
real world.
dismembered black hand looking for the key.
Coraline is safe at the end.
opens the window because the hand is gone and she feels safe.
Other mothers hand is thrown into a well and covered with lots of objects.
Sees mrs spink and forcible; Mr. Bobinski; they don't have button eyes; kind to coraline; Rats want Coraline to watch their show.
Cat winks at Coraline; Rats invite her to show; animals remember the events but not humans.