Coraline Jones Character Descriptions

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• Coraline discovers the strange door in her creepy, new home.
• Coraline wants to know what’s behind the door, so she asks her mother to open it, just to find a brick wall behind it.
• Coraline runs into her neighbor, Mr. Bobo, and his mice tell her not to go through the door.
• Coraline later meets with her neighbors, Miss.Spink, and Miss. Forcible, and they tell her that she’s in trouble.
• Miss.Spink gives Coraline a stone with a hollow in it, and she tells Coraline that it will aid with her problems.
• When Coraline is left alone at home, she feels very bored by the atmosphere, so she decides to go to the drawing- room and explore the door again.
• She gets the keys and opens the door, and she surprisingly finds a dark hallway instead
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Coraline Jones= The young brave heroine and explorer, she is curious and quite clever with her plans. She is a main protagonist character in the story. She is the only child, which often makes her bored at home. Coraline is a round character with the book being about her. Coraline is also a dynamic character. She goes from sad about her life, to happy and grateful as the story closes. the other mother (The Beldam) = She is the main antagonist character in the story. She resembles Coraline’s mother expect: her skin is whiter, she’s thinner, her nails are long, and she has razor sharp teeth. She is like a creature, when referred to her anatomy. She steals souls of children, and keeps them as her possessions in the world. She also created the world and controls everything in it. She is a dynamic character, as she goes from sweet to evil. She is also a round character. the Black Cat= A main protagonist and Coraline’s snotty adventure partner. The Black cat really had an attitude issue throughout the story, but as the story continued his attitude changed completely. He and Coraline soon become friends, and he decides to team up with her to stop the other mother and escape. The Black Cat is also a dynamic and round character in the

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