Notes of Coraline 1-3

 In "Coraline" chapters 1-3 are mainly giving the background information on the characters. From the first three chapters you can tell that Coraline parents seem to busy with work and other activites to make time for their daughter. Which makes it easy for me to compare her to the orphan archetype. She might not be a orphan in the sense of not having parents but her parents are their physically but not there emotionally or anything else. They constantly try to keep her occupied so she won't realize how they don't have time for her but she does. Also you meet the "old man", Miss Spink, & Miss Forcible.Coraline describes them as weird and crazy. I associated those three with the magician archtype because the old man claims he is starting a circus for his mice and also he tells Coroline that the mice have a message for her the message is " don't go through the door". So he is saying that he can talk to animals. Also when Miss Spank & Miss forcible give Coraline tea they can tell by the leaves in Coraline's tea that she is in danger. So it's obvious (judging by the first three chapters) that these three have a special talent or are they just crazy?