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.