What relevance do the buttons (button-eyes) play in Coraline as it never appears to be defined. For those of you who have not yet seen the film, then please do not read any further as the plot will be revealed. For those of you who have seen it, then please continue to read.
My thought was that it was because the Other Mother made the other world and thus used buttons as her 'signature', if you like?
Can anyone clear this up?
Answer
Watched this movie a 1,000 times. My daughter loves it and watched it over and over again.
The eyes are the window to the soul, and once she has your eyes she has your soul.
The other three children let the mother sew buttons into their eyes, and she was able to keep them in the other world. In the original book the mother eats the three children, and their spirits are trapped. The children warn Coraline not to let her sew buttons in her eyes, and Coraline helps free their souls at the end.
I don't think there is really anything deeper in the meaning then that. If Coraline lets the mother sew the buttons into her eyes, then she is becoming compliant and accepting of the new world she's in.
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