Coraline's story begins when the girl finds out that she has to go back to the other side of the wicket to save her parents from another mom, determined to pack up.
The original author Neil Gaiman shared the story behind the creation of Coraline in his master writing class - dragons can be defeated.
At that time, Coraline had just written one third that Neil and the child were walking in the woods and came across a wasp nest. Surrounded by wasps, in order to protect the child, Neil could only stand in place until the child was far away before moving.
When he got home, Neil found that he had been bitten by 39 packets, but what was even more frightening was that in order to get rid of the wasp, Neil kept shaking his head and lost his glasses. He had to return the next day to retrieve the glasses.
This idea made Neil realize that this is the point of writing this story: "Being brave doesn't mean not being afraid. Being brave is choosing to do the right thing despite being afraid."
Could there be monsters hiding under the bed, what's behind the little door, what scary story the eccentric neighbor has to tell? We had so many fears as children.
In the real world, from the sky to the house, everything is gray; the fake world where another mother lives is full of warm colors like inflatable candy. Coraline's animated film version strung together the horror images of many people's childhood memories, lifelike rag dolls, articulated spiders, giant beetles, real parents replaced, and a monster trying to take his eyes...
But at the end of Coraline's journey, the parents pat the snow off their shoulders, and the beautiful tulip fields outside the house. As Neil said, fictional stories can give people real power. Brave girls, they will resolutely embark on an adventure next time.
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