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Who is the magical child saving and from what? What is the lesson?

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Who is the magical child saving and from what? What is the lesson?

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Throughout the adventure Max is seen trying to work through his actions and what he did, in order to determine if he should change his behavior for the better. Max creates a game with the monsters leading the Wild Things to get out of control. He punished the Wild Things in the same way his mother punished him and sent the monsters to bed without dinner. Max came to the realization what he did wrong when observing the monsters doing the same things. Max can be seen learning his mistakes throughout the adventure. Max realized that his actions caused him to be sent to his room and punished. Max was saving himself without knowing throughout the story. The lesson that can be learned is that sometimes we all do things we would like to take back or escape from. - Kyle

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LEXI: Explain the concept of OTHER as it relates to this text. Look at this from multiple perspectives. How are OTHERS identified?

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LEXI: Explain the concept of OTHER as it relates to this text. Look at this from multiple perspectives. How are OTHERS identified?

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Maurice Sendak creates clear divisions between characters in his short story Where The Wild Things Are. Physical characteristics and positions of power are utilized to separate characters. When Max arrives at the place where the wild things are in his wolf suit, the creatures "gnashed their terrible teeth...and showed their terrible claws" (Sendak 11). Sendak highlights the dangerous physical features of the wild things to contrast against Max's human qualities. The young boy views the beasts as untamed and rowdy, while the wild things fear him and name "him the most wild thing of all" (Sendak 12). Sendak creates significant differences to emphasize the difference in perception among Max and the creatures. Additionally, Max is elevated to the status of "king of all wild things" (Sendak 13). Sendak segregates Max and places him above the wild things to emphasize that he is detached from them. Sendak utilizes this to point out that although the boy is in control of them, he is not really a true wild being. Sendak divides Max from the beasts in order to convey his lesson by creating differences in physical nature and power.

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Max is the main character and the only human portrayed. He chases the family dog early in the book and interacts with the wild things throughout the story. Max represents chaos and mischief. Max also symbolize independence and boldness. This can be seen when "Max's room grew a forest" but he does not not panic, instead he embrace the change. As the story continues, he meets the Wild Things and encountered them with bravery. Towards the end of the story, Max becomes homesick and sails home realizing his mother love. - Kyle

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LEXI: Which of the archetypal characters does Sendak use in this text?

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LEXI: Which of the archetypal characters does Sendak use in this text?

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Maurice Sendak utilizes the archetype of the magical child within his short story Where The Wild Things Are. He parallels Max's adventure to that of the magical child. After being sent away by one parent, Max "sailed off through the night and day" (Sendak 9) to the place where the wild things dwell. Sendak intentionally highlights Max's journey in order to portray him as the magical child archetype. Oftentimes, the child must leave home in order to reach their full potential. Sendak creates a mother that sends Max away to his room so that he has the opportunity to travel to where the wild things are and learn to control them, as well as himself and his emotions. Once Max arrived at the creatures' home, he "tamed them with the magic trick" (Sendak 12) and became their leader. Sendak grants Max the ability to control the wild things in order to convey the fact that he has completed his task. The magical child must complete challenges in order to restore balance and ultimately becomes a savior through their quest. Sendak separates Max from the wild things and places him in a position of power over them so that Max can learn how to control nature and himself. Additionally, Sendak elevates Max to a role of leadership and control over the wild things as he is crowned king. Through Max's detailed adventure, Sendak aligns the young boy with the archetype of the magical child.

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So, why does Max wear a wolf suit? Whydoes he leave his mother? What, really, isthe “wild rumpus” ? Why do the wild thingswant to “eat him up”? So......he runs awayand his mother leaves warm food? WHAT?!Make it make sense!

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So, why does Max wear a wolf suit? Whydoes he leave his mother? What, really, isthe “wild rumpus” ? Why do the wild thingswant to “eat him up”? So......he runs awayand his mother leaves warm food? WHAT?!Make it make sense!

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Sendak portrays his character, Max, in a wolf suit to convey his mischievous dynamic in his home life. Sendak places him in the (near) latency stage of Freud’s theory as he attempts to search for deeper meaning and absorb the world around him culturally-hence why he leaves his mother in an act of impulsivity to explore and make mistakes. Sendak uses a twisted concept of eating to draw desire to an object. The Wild Things threaten to “eat [Max] up” as a surge to obtain power and express their desire for his power. Sendak brilliantly concludes the text with Max returning to his room with a bowl of warm soup, as a symbol of conquering power and control

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What IS THE FOOD? What role does it play in the text? Think about the different types of food as they appear in the text.

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What IS THE FOOD? What role does it play in the text? Think about the different types of food as they appear in the text.

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The concept of food is utilized as a symbol of innate power within relationship dynamics. Sendak creates reoccurring images of using food to manipulate and persuade-food is continually withheld or threatened throughout the text in a complex multitude of ways to emphasize which character holds control. Early in the text, Sendak expands on the concept, placing Max's mother in a position of power, withholding food from him as a result of his immaturity. As Max goes to bed without eating, Sendak evidently locates Max as an impotent child with little to no control over the trajectory of his life. Emotion and dissatisfaction is dispatched through Max's character, "I'll eat you up!" (4). Sendak's approach to the concept of power is actively used as a threat to obtain power as Max tries to facilitate a desire he has not yet conquered. Sendak brings forth challenges towards the protagonist, where the "Wild Things" engage to persuade Max into holding onto his state of power, "...we'll eat you up-we love you so!" (18). though he has progressed and continually moves forward to his home, where his bowl of soup waits for him, ready and warm. Sendak's message of food conveys a position of power, growth, and maturity, as Max moves forth into a path of autonomy and control.
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Explain the proto-world. How is it like ours, but notreally? What, exactly, is the task? How is it completed?

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Explain the proto-world. How is it like ours, but notreally? What, exactly, is the task? How is it completed?

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Maurice Sendak creates a world that parallels the actual world but has obvious differences. There are humans in the proto-world that have the same roles as people in the real world but Max's imagination creates a world of its own. In this proto-world, there is the use of magic being used in a way that transports not only Max to a new part of the world but the reader as well. In this alternate world, Max was able to take a boat to an imaginary island where there were monsters who inhabited the island. This contrasts the real world because there are no monsters living on an island in the middle of the ocean that only a little boy can visit. Sendak uses this proto-world to establish the base of a little boy's imagination and how the young child's mind works. Sendak highlights the childish aspect of the world because of the inner workings that oppose the real world and a true child's imagination can be. The task in the story is being able to have a level of maturity that can tame the imagination and realize what is truly important. The task is identifiable because in the beginning of the story, Max was an uncontrollable child who was the embodiment of a wild child. Max went to the island acting like a "wild thing" as well with the other monsters but he realized that he did not want to be king and leave behind this childish environment. Max leaves to go back home and finds dinner that is still hot in his room.
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Who is the magical child? How is he different from otherchildren? What are his magical qualities? What otherforms of magic are evident here?

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Who is the magical child? How is he different from otherchildren? What are his magical qualities? What otherforms of magic are evident here?

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The magical child in "Where the Wild Things Are" is Max because of what he has to face through the duration of the book. Max acts with a sense of immaturity and disrespect with his mother ultimately leading to a punishment where he was sent to his room without eating dinner. Max's magical qualities are that he can transport himself to another place and build an entirely different world in his mind. He sent himself to an alternate world where he was able to control the things that he wanted to. He became the king of the Wild Things and they obeyed his every order. The other forms of magic that are evident here are the Wild things themselves. They had a negative connotation to how they were portrayed in the book because of the way they were described by Sendak.
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Explain the messages Sendak offers about growthwithin, survival of, and fury about childhood.

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Explain the messages Sendak offers about growthwithin, survival of, and fury about childhood.

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Sendak proposes a dramatic, coming-of-age lesson that offers insight on maturity and independence from the perspective of a young boy in the hands of adolescence. Sendak's concept of "the Wild Things" operate as a device of conquering oneself's own internal battles and desires that are universally dealt with in youth. As Max sails across the ocean and reaches the aristocracy of the land of "Where the Wild Things Are" Sendak places a clear message where Max will proceed to travel back home with a new lens on maturity and survival.
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