In Maurice Sendak’s book, Where The Wild Things Are, Max, the protagonist, goes on an adventure to a magical land full of wild things that unknowingly make him more appreciative of his life. The reason for Max’s adventure stems from this mother sending him to bed without supper for making mischief. Max begins as a rowdy, disrespectful wild animal and grows into a loving young boy through his adventure on the boat, participating in the wild rumpus, returning to a warm dinner and transforming from a wolf to a boy. I choose to create a character box for Max because I can relate to him. In my middle school and high school years I undermined my mother because I thought my ideas were more practical and would lead to a better outcome. Just like Max,…show more content… The costume is what represents Max as a wild thing: “The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind…”. The story begins with Max being consumed with bad decisions while in the wolf costume (Sendak). In the first picture Max has the hat of his costume on his head. His ears are erect, looking alert as if ready to fight. According to Molly Bang’s Principles the ears “will make us feel more scared because we are looking at pointed shapes” (Bang 7). As the adventures go on and the story continues, the hat stays on Max’s head with the ears pointing to the sky. “And Max the king of all of the wild things was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all.” (Sendak). When Max returns from his adventure with the wild things, his hood is no longer on his head. This little detail solidifies that Max has changed as a result of the events that take place. Now that the hood is off of his head, the reader can see that Max is most definitely a human boy who appreciates the love that his mother gives him. This change in appearance shows how Max has gone from taking advantage of his mothers love to missing how special she made him feel to eventually loving the way his mother loved
