Where the Wild Things Are

A boy who is sent to his room without dinner, escapes to a land where the wild things are. The wild things are enamored with him and he is officially the king. As the story continues, he is able to be wild and cause chaos, until he begins to get hungry and wants to return home. 

Lines: This particular book has many lines that add a shadow affect to the illustrations and give it a more realistic effect especially on all the trees, leaves, and grass. It almost looks like if someone made the lines with a pen.

Colors: The colors are warm colors giving it a very dreamlike feeling except for Max’s boat which is in a slightly brighter red and only appears on his journey to and from “where the wild things are” representing his “imagination boat.”

Characters: The main character Max is consistent with a child who gets upset, and daydreams about running away from home which is very similar to what children feel when they get in trouble. The Wild Things represent different parts of Max’s wild personality which he is letting lose in the actual wild. Like most children, he ends up going back home.

Setting: The major setting of the story is “where the wild things are” which is the wild. I find this very interesting that everything is centered around the wild and it makes the story flow better. It’s also more enjoyable for adults to understand.

Illustrations: The illustrations in the story are very seem kind of a fuzzy which adds a great visual for the dreamlike state that Max goes in throughout the majority of the story.

Sendark, Maurice. 1963. Where the Wild Things Are. New York: Harper Collins.