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Brief Summary Of Max's Rumpus
Max is a very moody little boy that gets himself into lots of trouble. The night he was sent to bed without dinner he put on a wolf costume and sailed across the sea in his own personal boat to a faraway land to where the wilds things are. Max arrived to the faraway land where he discovered the beasts who "roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth'' (pg. 17). He tamed them from their hostile behavior and became their king. They all obeyed him because now the wild things are scared of him. He then sent all the wild things an a rumpus through the forests.Max sent the wild things to bed without their dinners just like his mother did. His mother figure rubbed off on him because in the beginning all he wanted to do was cause trouble. When he left to be …show more content…
The wild things gave him an obstacle and asked him to stay there. He still chose to go home. Max knew that the wild things didn’t really love him, they just didn’t want to be lonely. That is why they asked Max to stay. Max still went home because he would rather someone love him instead of someone just wanting him to be there for company. Sure they were fun to play with, but Max wanted more than just someone to have fun with.After the rumpus was over and he sent them to bed he told the wild things he was leaving to go back home. As a response to that the wild things wanted him to stay. 'Oh please don't go we'll eat- you up- we love you so!'' (pg.31).The way the wild things stuttered saying that they will eat him instead of saying they love him. Max knew they didn’t love him, and so he left to be with his mother.After Max was gone from his mother for so long he realized he did want to go home. He ate his dinner, and I'm sure he did go to sleep with a good feeling that he did the right thing and came home. If he ever gets in trouble again, he could go back and be the King of the wild things once
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