How Does Coraline Show Courage

Coraline Theme : Courage and Bravery In the story Coraline, a girl named Coraline moves into a new home where she is extremely bored and alone. Later on after exploring the house, she finds a bricked up passage way in the wall, but it opens up during the night. She discovers that it leads to a world that is an alternate version of her life only with a slight difference- everything is the way she wants it to be. Everyone there has buttons for eyes and Coraline’s “Other Mother” invites her to stay forever in this dream world with one catch, she had to let her sew buttons on her eyes. Coraline quickly realizes that you should be careful what you wish for, and sees the real side of this alternate universe. It is one big trick to lure her in so that the Other Mother could “eat her soul.” She must rescue her parents from the Other Mother and make it home safely. To do all this Coraline needed to have bravery and courage. A few examples include when Coraline went to explore into the tunnel, when she stood up to her Other Mother, and when she had to get her cat
At night though, it opened up a tunnel which lead to an alternate dimension, and at that time Coraline did not know this. In the story it said,” In danger? Thought Coraline to herself. It didn’t sound like a bad thing. Not really.” (pg 21) Coraline is going to venture into a new place on her own, obviously it is going to be a little bit scary, especially since she is going alone. She is an eleven year old girl who is still a little bit nervous to be without her parents. This means that she had to be extra brave to go to a place she has never been too. She had no clue what could happen if she entered that tunnel, and she used courage and braveness to get her through it. The “Not really” part also shows you that she has doubts. She may be scared, but she’s still brave enough to go through with