Neil Gaiman Coraline

Many people have problems with the violent programs on TV, and they don’t want them to be played on TV because of their kids. They get scared when inappropriate shows are on TV. In the essay “Now You Take “Bambi” or “Snow White” — That’s Scary” author of horror novels, Stephen King argues against a ban on airing violent television programs to prevent children from being frightened. He begins his essay with an imaginative rendering of the plot of “Hansel and Gretel,” and points out the fact that children are exposed to scary stories in fairy tales. He explains that he has written both series that are and are not appropriate for young children. He has screened the movie versions of his stories and decided which stories are off limits for his children and insists other parents do the same. As support for his argument, King refers to the repeated suggestion that various forms of entertainment, even scary forms, are cathartic, and they offer a way for people, including children, to enter a scary yet controllable world for a limited time, where they can express and release their fears and aggressions. Therefore, King believes that children have the right to experience scary TV programs and movies, but a mature adult should decide what children can and cannot watch. He

    The movie Coraline is about a young girl, sharing the name of the film, who is neglected by her family and finds a portal in her new home to a fictional world where her parents have buttons for eyes and spend all of their time on her and love her unconditionally. Everything is basically backwards and better in this world. In the end it turns out her “other mother” wanted to take her eyes and kill her to retain her youth. Coraline escapes from her other mother and all is well.

The story of Coraline is written by Neil Gaiman as a novel. Other text types have been made from the story, a graphic novel illustrated and adapted by P. Craig Russel, and a film adaption directed by Henry Selick. There are many differences between the characters in the three texts. Often the gothic features play a big role in making the story has terrifying as it is. Some features include the secret passageway between the worlds, and the supernatural being pretending to be the ‘Other Mother’. Other elements of the gothic story include, old events that point towards the future, mysterious disappearances, suspense, supernatural things that happen, visions and dreams. These features help to instil a feeling of discomfort

In the article, “Violent Media Is Good for Kids”, the author, Gerard Jones, begins by providing background information about himself. As a child, Jones was taught that violence was wrong, and as he grew up, he learned that violent comics and stories aided him to become an action movies and comic book writer. In his article, the author addresses why violent media are good for children. He points out that it helps them transform better socially, explore and conquer their feelings, and improves self-knowledge. Jones purpose is to inform readers about the positive use of violent media on children. The author uses rhetorical appeals of pathos and ethos, and stylistic techniques such as allusions and repetitions to create his argument.

In the middle of the film Coraline goes shopping with her mother, Coraline see gloves that caught her attention she then gets her mother’s attention and she was very happy by finally getting her mother’s attention and seeing her reaction she never really thought about her mother saying no. Revealing that Coraline is still truly fighting for her relationship with her parents. The archetype that shows this is the mother figure. The mother figure is the person who acts or is the mother it can either be a good thing or a bad thing. Coraline’s real mother is the mother figure who cares about Coraline and loves her but tells her to put away the gloves that Coraline wants. She does this because she doesn’t believe that Coraline needs them and declines Coraline’s effort to get her attention. Which shows that Coraline is truly still wanting them even though she found this “perfect place” that she has always wanted.

The mother begins to rebel against tradition by taking an active role in educating and freeing herself. Through her radio, telephone and trips out with her sons she develops her own opinions about the world, the war, and the domination and seclusion of woman. She loses her innocence as a result to her new knowledge and experience.

In every fairy tale, there is a lesson to be learned. The movie Coraline follows that same rule. Even though Coraline isn't so straightforward, a lesson is still being conveyed. Almost every movie is a metaphor for something bigger according to Massik and Solomon’s “Movies as Metaphors”. At first glance, Coraline seems like just a children’s movie meant to scare little kids but if you look deeper into the film though, the storyline can be interpreted as child neglect, manipulation, and abduction but many ignore that fact while watching the movie.

Fear and bravery often go hand-in-hand in children’s fantasy literature, in which the child protagonist must overcome their fears in order to earn their bravery and save the day. With this in mind, Neil Gaiman’s Coraline and Lois Lowry’s The Giver are no exception to said rule. In Gaiman’s Coraline, the young protagonist must save her parents from the clutches of the evil ‘Other Mother’ in the fantastical ‘Other World’ that sits in Coraline’s own home. Whereas in Lowry’s The Giver, young Jonas must find a way to escape his frightening community which prides itself on conformity, or “sameness” as Lowry notes in the novel. Although the conditions in which the child protagonists in both novel face vary quite drastically from one another, both children must face their fears in a fantastical world that in essence, encourages and empowers them through the means of individualism and identity, fear, and ultimately courage.

Before losing hope that her new home has nothing intriguing to offer, she comes across this little secret door in the house. Crawling through the door and wandering through the eerie passageway, she discovers a parallel version of her life and existence that’s full of happiness, joy and love. All she would need to do to stay there is sew buttons into her eyes. Coraline is a 3D stop-motion dark fantasy horror film, based on the 2002 novel by Neil Gaiman of the same name. It was directed by Henry Selick who also directed the film, The Nightmare before Christmas, meaning again, he is able to grace us with his master skill of stop motion and 3D animation.

The other mother changes a lot throughout the text. At the beginning of the text Henry Selick makes her feel warm, inviting and motherly. When we first meet her character she is very happy and seems to coraline as a dream come true this is shown by the high key lighting and the non diegetic sound, the non diegetic sound is happy and peaceful this shows that coraline is thinking good thoughts about her. At the beginning the other mother also impresses coraline with all the wonderful things she has, it's everything coraline has wished for. Towards the middle of the movie coraline starts to get suspicious as the other mother has changed and become more demanding of coraline. The other mother has not let coraline go back to the other world. Selick

Firstly, Coraline's, mother and father are not named but her mom and dad are very busy and her mom is ignorant to coraline's wants and needs. The writer portrays both of them as two people totally dedicated to their own business, leaving coraline completely alone to entertain herself. Why does the author never name her parents throughout the book? The author shows by the language used that this story will be about coralline and not naming the parents will leave the reader feeling the cold the same impression and very little sympathy towards them. Coraline’s mother, is introduced as a busy and does not care for her own daughter. Besides her father, his initiatives are mostly from what her mother says. He is the only parent who actually is

The media has a way of influencing people of all ages. Specifically, violence and horror in the media are the most debated. Why do people go to watch violent movies or horror movies? They go for entertainment without realizing the physical or mental effects. Kathy Benjamin’s “5 Scientific Ways Watching Movies Effects You” and Bernie DeGroat’s “Scary Movies Can Have Lasting Effects on Children and Teens” both mention the negative effects of movies, especially horror movies, with research or studies. However, only one of the essays, “5 Scientific Ways Watching Movies Effects You,” mentions some positive effects. Statistics have shown that watching these type movies can have short and long term repercussions.

(for example, Zipp; Leung). However the Author of Coraline, Neil Gaiman claims that the story is not too scary for younger children. In a May 2002 interview with Booksense.com, Gaiman claims a double audience for the novel. He said adults "found it really scary and disturbing, and they're not sure it's a good book for kids.”

At the beginning of the novel, Coraline acts like a young child that is bored and alone. Because Coraline was unsure of her identity and who she really was, Coraline was unable to face normal situations, ‘“For a moment she felt utterly dislocated. She did not know where she was; she was not entirely sure who she was.”’ (p. 81). The Other World helps Coraline find her true self and realise her potential.

In Neil Gaiman’s Coraline, our heroine is a solitary, clever girl who must work to outsmart the evil Other Mother and save her parents. With the help of the black cat, she unravels the traps set by the Other Mother, and she wins the day. In Henry Selick’s film adaptation of Coraline, released in 2009, there are multiple changes to ensure the novella is captured well on screen. Instead of being solitary, Coraline, performed by Dakota Fanning, becomes friends with Wyborne, performed by Robert Bailey Jr, known as Wybie. Throughout the movie, Wybie allows Coraline to truly express herself, he aids in her struggles and impacts the dark themes of the film.