10 Things Parents Should Know About Where The Wild Things Are (2024)

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What questions should I ask when reading Where the Wild Things Are? ›

You might include questions like: How do you think Max feels when his mother sends him to his room? Do you think a forest really grew in Max's room? If not, what do you think really happened?

We can survive our wild feelings

Because what Max is really really doing is feeling his anger, riding out his “rumpus” thoughts, remembering what is good again and ultimately surviving it all. It's important to remember that the wild feelings themselves are not so terrible – they are just feelings after all.

Parents need to know that director Spike Jonze's adaptation of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are isn't appropriate for younger kids, even those who adore the book (there's a big difference between looking at a beautifully illustrated children's story and watching a live-action movie full of sights and sounds ...

The Three Big Questions strategy challenges readers to annotate in the margins by marking passages that answer the questions: "What surprised me?", "What did the author think I already knew?", and "What challenged, changed, or confirmed what I already knew?".

Experiences are best when shared. Chris comes to this realization toward the end of his life after spending several months in isolation in Alaska. At first this expedition made him feel more alive than anything else. But after a time, he concludes experiences are better when shared with others.

The Wild Things are how Max views himself and the people around him. Each one of the Things is either part of his personality, or someone else in his life as represented in his little mind. Carol: The most impulsive and immature Thing represents Max at his core, being an optimistic yet troubled child with a temper.

Max enters a small boat and as he sails it, he is led to the land of the Wild Things, a race of huge, furry, troll-like monsters who prepare to eat him. He tames the Wild Things and they make him his king. They rumpus around the forest until Max tells them to stop and sends them to bed without their supper.

How old is Max in Where the Wild Things Are? ›

Max is a lonely 9-year-old boy with an active imagination and divorced parents.

Mid-1960s: "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak

When the book was finally published in 1963, it was banned because adults found it problematic that Max was punished by being sent to bed without dinner and also bristled at the book's supernatural themes.

A movie with depth and, although predictable, quality acting. Definitely better suited for 13+, but there are some lessons to be learned here about friendship and growing as a person.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, most of its bans happened in the American South for such reasons as that psychologists found it “too dark” and the editors themselves worried that the “unvarnished story of rebellion, fear, punishment, and escape were too much for little children”.

Answer and Explanation:

In Krakauer's Into the Wild, one question that remains unanswered by the end of the novel is the true cause of Chris McCandless's death. The author speculates that he died from ingesting the toxic mold of the leaves and seeds in his bag of foraged foods.