It follows Max around and characterizes Max as someone a dog would love, which tells the audience again that he’s not probably going to do something “bad”. The dog also hides at certain points and sniffs around a carcass later. It seems a bit jumpy and scared, so we can tell something bad has happened to either it or Max. While the puppy was with the animal carcass, Max was preserving gasoline or fuel, whatever was coming out of the big truck. That also tells the audience that this isn’t a world with resources readily available, and that it’s likely in the future. He saves the gas by absorbing some of it in a towel and filling plates (or things that can hold something with a curve in them). The importance of them is emphasized when the antagonist on the bike with an orange mohawk rips an arrow from his body but Max looks and ignores it, continuing to preserve the gas. He definitely doesn’t seem afraid of them or what they might do, but that doesn’t matter as much because then they leave. Before that, Max was surveying the site in a weary way; that tells us that his world has likely been how it is shown for a long time. Later on, Max opens the door of the truck and a body falls out, which doesn’t interest him so…
The next time in the movie you see Max taking risks was when he is forced into going in to the club to get the last two names from the man paying Vincent. Max is nervous in the beginning but takes charge of the situation by telling the man behind him to put his gun away. This shows the man in charge…
Max is not like typical female characters in other general books, like those that are flimsy and girlish. Max stands at the highest point of the hierarchy that she belongs, and needs to act as the leader, as the one who can take control of what is happening around her. She somewhat reminds me of Katniss in the book “Hunger Games”. Both girls are under immense pressure of substantial dangers and need to step over the level of being a “girl” into a individual being that can take hold of oneself and others. At the start of the story, Max has a straightforward goal of searching for her flock’s parents, and is able to pull her flock through many dangers with the help of the hope in her mind. However, towards the end, Max and the rest of the flock realize how the searching of their parents is completely useless. With her goal perished, Max temporarily falls into a state of distress and hopelessness. Nevertheless, Max soon trounces the dilemma and return to her original self-assertive character, even a…
Red Badge of Courage is about a young soldier named Henry Fleming,who is drafted during the war. The book traces the thread of emotions and reactions to events that he goes through, in the civil war. Being an an average farmer from New York, Henry wanted to go to war and become a hero like the ones he has read about in his school. The book starts off with a bunch of boys sitting at camp by the river, and while everyone is thinking about what they will do in war and how heroic they would be, Henry was thinking of how he would react when he goes to the battlefields. How would he react if he was severely injured or even died? Though he said that, no matter what happens he will not run from a fight or a battle, he did, during the second war, when he was scared and he saw a few other soldiers scamper due to the smoke. Henry kept telling himself through and through that he was protecting himself, even when the…
Since Freak and Max became friends they have found meaning in their lives. In the past Max felt unloved and isolated as he has been bullied for being “different” to the societal norm. In life it is most crucial to find true love and happiness , otherwise life is despondent and…
Profiles In Courage is a book that focuses on the adversity that very few United States Senators have been willing to deal with in order to cultivate their ideas of better democracy. It focuses primarily on the independent thoughts and views that those few politicians have been willing to stand up for, with other odds against them.…
In the begining of the book Paul (the main charachter)is a boy that has a lot of fear and who is scared to stand up to himself. In the novel Paul has flashbacks about him and his brother.In Paul's flashback Paul is remembering a time when he is walking home and some people in a black car is hitting mail boxes and as In the begining of the book Paul (the main charachter)is a boy that has a lot of fear and who is scared to stand up to himself. In the novel Paul has flashbacks about him and his brother.In Paul's flashback…
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“Scouts Honor” by Avi is a realistic fiction about three boys (Horse, Max, and the narrator) that are trying to be tough on a camping trip. It the beginning, the boys are assigned to go on a camping trip to get their scout badge. Before they go they lie to their parents about having an adult chaperone with them throughout the trip. Soon, they they go throughout their journey on the bridge, into the subway, and the woods. In the end they were in the woods and agreed to go back home, because they all were scared.…
The main character is Jesse, who is also the narrator of the story. The author uses Jesse to describe the background of the story, such as they are on a fifth grade camping trip and his two friends Dillon and Dylan come across the topic of aliens. “Aliens?” I said. “No way. I’m too old to believe in that kind of stuff.” After their small talk they went camping and ate. Later when the boys went to go to sleep, they saw something in the sky and the narrator said, “I looked at Dillon and Dillon looked at Dylan and Dylan looked at me, and I’d never, in the seven years I’d known both of them, seen either of them looking so scared.” “In that moment, I knew that we weren’t alone in the universe. When the UFO got closer, we all realized it was just a regular old airplane about to land in the nearby airfield. Well, even then I still knew we weren’t alone, and neither Dillon, Dylan, nor I—I can guarantee it—slept more than a moment during that long and memorable night.” The boys were now believed in aliens. The author used one of the boys to narrate the story which expresses their emotions more because the narrator talks to the other characters. Therefore, having the author use first person to tell the story, develops the characters in a more distinct…
In the movie, “Where the Wild Things are” directed by Spike Jonze, Max gradually realises who he really is and learns about his family’s relationships through his imagination. He sees himself and his family through each if the wild creatures. When Max is a part of problems he doesn’t notice the other problems going on around him and throughout his family. He also doesn’t notice how he acts and manages situations.…
In the very first pages of the story, Max’s desire for power is rather distinct. His actions and words show his longing to be a leader. What Max fails to realize is that his actions cause him to become distant from the real world, and ultimately, Max abuses his power and resorts to oppression. Max’s harsh misbehavior is evidence that he wants to be in charge. Max’s behavior first changes when he puts on his wolf suit and starts acting as a fearless leader. The tall, pointy ears of the wolf suit act as Max’s crown. He chases his dog around the house, trying to be his king. As these things are happening, Max also carries a fork, acting as his scepter for the ability to control his subjects. Like all great rulers that have an elaborate place of residence to reside in, Max uses his creativity and nails a blanket to the wall, creating a tent for himself. His mother, trying to keep her young child under control, sends her son to his room without dinner for yelling at her and acting out, simply trying to teach him a lesson. Little does Max’s mother know, that when she sends Max to his room, she is putting a stop to Max’s wild imagination, causing him to desire power, even more. Not only does Max’s behavior develop as the story goes on, but the images…
Max is called to his Hero’s Journey when he is angry at his family. He feels that they are not paying attention to him because his sister Claire doesn’t defend him while he is being bullied and his mother is too busy with work. Out of frustration at his life, he bites his mother while her friend is visiting, and runs away from home. He comes across a boat, and sails away to an island. On the island, he meets Carol, a Wild Thing, destroying houses. He tries to help Carol, but is stopped by the other Wild Things. The reason for his violent attitude is revealed to be because KW, another Wild Thing, has left him. Similarly, In To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout is called to adventure when she, her brother Jem, and her friend Dill want to get…
The boys, aged 6-14, started off cooperating, working together to get food water shelter and heat, but soon turned to savages, violently killing some of their own. The survivors tell us that they begin with choosing a leader and setting priorities. Then they planned and carried out their tasks. But, it wasn’t long until tensions raised and loyalties were tested. A…
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…