CORALINE

1.What would you have done if you had been Coraline?

2.Compare her parents with the other parents

3.Describe Coraline’s neigbours

4.What is the climax in the story

The climax marks the "highest point" of a story, the place where the tension in the plot is at its
thickest. In Neil Gaiman's Coraline (2002), the thrilling sequence leading to Coraline’s escape
from the other mother's world marks the climax. Apart from being the story's tensest point, this
sequence is also the climax because it shows Coraline apply the lessons learnt from her stay in
the other mother's world to her do-or-die predicament.

Coraline has already defeated the other mother once by finding the souls of the three children
trapped by her. She has overcome her fears

5. What is the significance of the black cat and why can he move freely between the
two worlds?

The black cat acts as a kind of guide and mentor to Coraline in

negotiating the many hazards and pitfalls of the Other World. He's
only able to do this because he can move back and forth freely
between the two worlds.
6. What is the main conflict in Coraline?

I would argue that the main conflict in this excellent novel is

actually that of many novels, as the powers of good and the
powers of evil are shown to be pitted against each other.
7. How does Coraline define bravery?
In Coraline by Neil Gaiman, Coraline tells the cat a story from
when she was younger. She went on a walk with her father, when
suddenly, her father tells Coraline to run. They had stepped on a
wasp nest, and her father let himself get stung so Coraline could
run away. After he ran, he dropped his glasses and needed to
return to get them before he forgot where they were. Coraline tells
the cat:

"He said that he wasn’t scared when he was standing there and
the wasps were stinging him and hurting him and he was
watching me run away. Because he knew he had to give me
enough time to run, or the wasps would have come after both of
us . . . And he said that wasn’t brave of him, doing that, just
standing there and being stung,” said Coraline to the cat. “It
wasn’t brave because he wasn’t scared: it was the only thing he
could do. But going back again to get his glasses, when he knew
the wasps were there, when he was...

8. How does Coraline make it back home to her own world?

When Coraline realizes she is trapped in the world of the other

mother, she understands she will have to use her wits to return
home. First, she proposes a game to the other mother: if she,
Coraline, can find the souls of the children trapped behind the
mirror and find her parents, the other mother will free her, the
souls of the children, and her parents. If she fails, she will stay
with the other mother forever.