ItCoraline’s boss. The Ministerlet-in-Chief.
“We will make no compromise.” (ch. 31)
“Snow White is poking her nose a little too far into our business… We must roll out the emergency plan. A lightning strike. No survivors. It’s political.” (ch. 33)
“Good. The meeting is over. Deal with the rest. I’m in a hurry. I’m expected at the mayor’s drinks party. I’ll take him a jar of jam.” (ch. 33)
“The accused will rise.” (ch. 34)
“If you lose your temper again, you’re out.” (ch. 34)
Who is she?
Coraline’s boss
“It is a fly who thinks it’s a lion, but behaves like a vulture.” (ch. 31) “Drunk on power, she gives orders, others carry them out. Back to absolute monarchy.” (ch. 29)
She dehumanises others, so the book treats her the way she treats them: without humanity. The Viking, on the other hand, ends up humanised.
Her look “Tiny in stature, she insists that her title comes before her name. It grabs the mic and loves the sound of Its own voice, gargling with that rattle of a voice, which sets off feedback.” (ch. 31)
What people say about her
“It decides, delegates and blames Its underlings, so that Its own mistakes never land on It. After all, that’s what It keeps scapegoats for.” (ch. 31)
What makes her memorable
Jam jar — “It turns rebels into jam jars. Each ripe fruit is slow-cooked, then crushed until only the sugar is left, which It offers to the next one! Delicious! We used to have the witch with her apple; now we have the queen mother with her jam jar. Power is like sugar: It’s addictive.” (ch. 31)
“If power tends to corrupt, absolute power, It corrupts absolutely.” (ch. 31)
“Snow White is poking her nose a little too far into our business… We must roll out the emergency plan. A lightning strike. No survivors. It’s political.” (ch. 33)
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