If one day you find a locked mysterious door in a corner of your home, please don't open it, maybe it's a ghostly door to another world...
Magical fiction by American children's book author Neil Gaiman
Ghost Mother(Also known as "If I Had the Perfect Mother") tells such a story: the girl Coroline's parents are addicted to work, do not play with her, do not care about their daughter's feelings, and even cook the meals that make Coroline disgusted. They moved into an old house, and during the holidays, Coroline had to play the game of "probing" by herself. When she opened the fourteenth door of the room, she found a world she had always longed for: good food, beautiful clothes, all kinds of toys and games, and there was a "nother mother" who valued and cared for her.
In this world, in addition to the "gracious mother", Coroline sees three lost souls behind the mirror, children who have been trapped here for many years, and real mothers and fathers who have been kidnapped by "another mother".
Although Coroline longed for the love of her parents, she did not want this love to come from someone other than her parents. In order to escape the clutches of the devil and save himself and his parents, a thrilling game begins...
Reading this novel, in addition to the thrilling storyline, what else should you "read"?
"When you are afraid, you still have to get things done, that is called bravery." 」In order to rescue her kidnapped parents, Coroline, who has escaped, resolutely returns to the terrible illusory world and makes a bet with "the other mother" to find the souls of her parents and three imprisoned children. With her wisdom and bravery, Coroline found the souls of her parents and children, and with the help of the black cat, rushed out of the dark world.
As Coroline prepares to return to the Gate of Fear, she tells the black cat that her father once willingly bitten 39 bags by a wasp in order to save her, thus buying her time to escape. Even though Mom and Dad weren't perfect, they truly loved her, and so did she. And these loves are unconditional.
This is the reason why Coroline returns to the real world. When she went through hardships and returned to the real world that did not satisfy her, her parents were unaware of her "disappearance", the neighbors were still strange, everything was as usual in reality, and it seemed that only the black cat, who could not speak, understood the truth of the matter.
The ending of the story does not fall into the cliché of "Mom and Dad suddenly realized" and everything became happy, it seems that everything has not changed, and it seems to have changed, and Coroline matures, "There is nothing to scare her."
Affection, bravery, and wisdom have allowed Coroline to have a new understanding and experience of an unsatisfactory life after this adventure, and completed a spiritual growth.
The story is very mysterious and even a little "scary", is it suitable for primary school students to watch? The author Gaiman explains it this way: I was going to write a short story of 5 to 10 pages for my daughter, but the story had a life of its own... Kids will think of it as a fun adventure, and adults will have nightmares when they see it.
The animated film of the same name was released in 2009 and was nominated for best animated feature at the 2010 Academy Awards.
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