Liceo de Cagayan University

Senior High School Department

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STUDENT ACTIVITY SHEET NO. 3

(Individual Task)

Subject: 21ST Century Literature from the Philippines and the World
Topic: Literary Genres
Group Members: Leader – Impasis
Members – Dagondon, Malaya, Cababaros, Dacer, Dahilog, Rentuma, Ompoco
Date Given: Oct. 19,2022
Due Date: Oct. 20, 2022

Learning Competencies:
1. Explain the texts in terms of literary elements, genres, and traditions

Instructions:
1. Watch the movie of Henry Selick’s ‘Coraline’.
2. Complete the SWBS (Somebody Wanted But So) graphic organizer to identify the parts of the plot
from the movie you just watched.
3. Answer the guide questions.

Activity: SWBS GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

Somebody The main character in the movie titled

“Coraline” is Coraline Jones.
Who is the main character/ person?

Wanted Coraline longs for a strong parent-daughter

What did the character / person want?
relationship and things that she was supposed to
do and have back when she’s in Michigan. She
wanted her parents’ attention because her parents
were oblivious to her that she feels neglected by
them. Eventually realize how indifferent her
parents are to her.

But The problem is Coraline is figuring to outwit the

other mother in order to free the three trapped
What was the problem? souls and find her parents. She is dealing with
the consequences of entering the small door as
well as the feeling of limited leisure.

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So She proposed a game to the other mother, a game

that which either lead her to find the eyes of the
How did the character/ person try to solve the trapped souls and to her parents or she will let
problem? her mother button her eyes. She’s brave and
strong to fight just to free the trapped ghost and
her parents. The black cat also help her on
finding the eyes, and at the falling action of the
movie, Wybie also help her from a ‘walking
hand’ of the other mother.

Then Coraline was successful in defeating the other

mother, freeing the trapped ghost, and finding
What was the resolution/ outcome? her parents with the black cat and Wybie. She
returned to the real world and felt relief by
seeing her parents unharmed. She soon realized
that there is nothing more priceless than a
parent’s love.

Critical Analysis Questions

1. How Coraline discovered the other world?

She discovered her other parents, but with button eyes, when she entered the small door. She saw how
different they are from her biological parents. In the other world, she always got what she wanted. In
the other world, everything she wished her real parents would do was happening. As a result, what she
desires and longs for in the real world will always be contradicted in the other world

2. When Coraline first arrived in the other world, she's a little confused and decided to go back home.
What would you do if you were Coraline? Would you have been tempted to stay?

If I were Coraline, I would return to the real world because, first and foremost, having parents with
button eyes scares me, and I would never want to stay just to experience the luxurious life they
provided. I would never trade my parents in this world for anything, they made me happy and love me
even it doesn’t seem like it. Having complete parents beside you is already a blessing; however, being
dissatisfied with what they gave you will always return to you tenfold.

3. What does button eyes symbolize? Explain.

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The button eyes in the film “Coraline” represent being imprisoned. It was used to bind and imprison
the soul that the other mother desired to imprison in the other world. The button eyes are very
significant to the other world, so one can stay or be trapped there indefinitely.

4. What is the message of the movie? 

The movie titled “Coraline” conveys a message to every children who’s always demands for things or
attention to their parents. Having more on what you already had will get back on you on a harsh way,
tenfold. The movie was like an example to children of what consequences would happen if they keep
on wanting more, basically not contented. It also shows that in reality, there’s a children who’s longing
for their parent’s attention, they feel neglected

5. If you were to change the ending of the movie, how would you end it?

If I were to change the ending of the movie, I would let Coraline realize the consequences of wanting
for more and let her fix the problem by fixing her attitude. Make her parents more attentive to
Coraline, and about Wybie grandmother’s, it’s the best to talk to her and give some details about her
twin.

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