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Max when he first comes to the island is treated as and made a king by the wild things. In this way it seems that they respect him like a higher being almost or someone who can help them even though we don't really know their problem throughout the book. "Now let the wild rumpus begin!" this is Max now the crowned king declaring that all the wild things follow him and make as much noise as possible with him. I think that the author is trying to show that the wild things believe in Max to either lead them to some sort of glory or to cure them of their hideous ways of being mean monsters. Max is also different from others because he is a "wild thing" and relates to them more than normal humanity which is his magical quality where he can understand the wild things and their thinking. His other magical quality is to be understanding to himself and that he wont let others push him around like the wild things trying to plead for Max to come back and try to make him stay but he refuses and decides to come back to the real world and change his life and not become a wild thing. - Henry Ortiz

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Max is a helpless character because he is trying to help himself but doesn't realize it until later in the story. The wild things are not the helpless ones because they do not want to be saved and are beyond saving. "Max wanted to go home" is one of the quotes that show me that Max wanted to try and "fix" himself and realized that he should not try and be a wild thing but a normal human boy. The author seems to try to show that in the adventure to try and escape his reality he really ended up changing himself drastically. He seemed to realize the error of his ways and what he needed to change to stop acting like a wild thing and grow or mature more. - Henry Ortiz

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In the short story, Where the Wild Things Are, written by Maurice Sendek, explains the relationship of control and power and how the order of tasks responds to the final outcome. As Max tries to fit in an easier controlled world, he is presented with tasks. In order to find a way to gain power over himself and the real world, Max needed to "sail off" towards the problems that confront him. Sendek depicts these tasks as a human connection that Max no longer receives from his absent Mother. The author indicates an emotional balance between Max's real world and the imaginary world to assert how he handles power. Sendek incorporates tasks for characters as an emotional connection for unreasonable behavior seen in Max. As Max fulfills his destiny in gaining his own power from the "wild beasts", he comes to a realization that control is not as important if he can't be loved. - Kaela Feliz

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Dealing with the topic of "other" in books Max is definitely the other in this book he is out of place both in the real world and his fantasy world. And due to that, he is ostracised in the real world for not being the same but he realizes after being with the wild things that he more relates with normal people than him being a wild one. The author shows this by Max at the end of the book voluntarily coming back to reality and taking off the facade that he made to become a wild thing. Even his own mother calls him "Wild Thing!!!!" due to the amount of craziness Max causes around his house and how much he drives his mother to madness. Max's mother seems to not see him currently as human as others because of the amount that he tries to act like a monster or something other than a human just to have some sort of power over himself or to try and escape his reality. He tries to terrorize to gain power "The Wild things were scared of him" and because of this "They made him king of The Wild Things" but this seems to have made Max reflect and think that he is lonely and that the ones he really cares about and those who care about him are back in his own world, not the wild things. - Henry Ortiz

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Maurice Sendek incorporates food and how the use of food controls people in the story Where The Wild Things Are. When Max disrespects his mother after she calls out for dinner, he is left with nothing to eat. Here, Sendek proves food is used as a response of power. The author illustrates the relationship of absence and power through both characters with the use of food. Sendek states the mother holds the power over Max by not giving him dinner and restraints on the use of recognization, while still maintaining the role of a mother. Learning that he is still a child who is in need of love, Max comes to his room to find "his supper waiting for him". Sendek asserts the recognization of relying on the power a parent holds in order to survive as a child. The author establishes order with power by placing the mother as a higher power over Max and the lesson that children depend on parents even if recognization is no longer there. Sendek connotes Max's recollection as comfort by returning home to find his warm supper and leaving behind the power he wishes to hold by removing his suit. - Kaela Feliz

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He is a powerful figure which is why he is shown as a wolf or he is trying to act like he is more powerful. And he is trying to fit in with the other wild things but realizes that he does not belong. He also imitates the wild things and wants to eat the one in power his mother so that he can be the new "Alpha" or the new leader. Sendak seems to try to show how Max is trying to control himself and try to take power for himself just like how his mother withheld any power from him by taking his supper away from him. The author is trying to show how Max's grand adventure through the world of the wild ones is a more explorative adventure through himself and he is learning about himself. There is an example of this learning like how he does not want to rule the wild ones and goes back home and in a way, he grows up and becomes more mature, he realizes that he is a child and that the decision is not up to him whether he has power or not. Max in a way takes over the wild ones by taking control and advantage of them by winning a staring contest which reminds me more of the wild things being kids than monsters. This makes the want of power come more into the light where the wild things/kids want power from Max and he won't let them have it because he can realize that they want to use him and take his power like how he tried to do from his mom. - Henry Ortiz