Caldecott Winner ( Where the Wild things are)
Where the Wild things are
Author:
Maurice Sendak
The story starts when Max puts on his wolf suit and makes mischief hammering things, chasing the dog and threaten to eat his mother, so his mother calls him 'Wild Thing' and sends him to bed without his dinner. That night a forest begins to grow in Max's room and an ocean rushes by with a boat to take Max to the place where the wild things are. The young boy is not mean to the monsters ,Max tames the wild things and crowns himself as their king, and then the wild rumpus begins. Max begins to miss his mother and he tells the monster that he is going back home. The monster don't want him to leave they threaten to eat Max. But Max says " No, I have to go." Max travels back home and when get back to his room his dinner is in his room waiting for him.
I did not like this story, it gives me the impression that there is no consequence for misbehaving. I would have sent Max to his room without any dinner as a consequence for his poor behavior. The young boy did not apologized to his mother for his behavior. Children need to understand that there are consequence for poor behavior and rewards for good behavior. A child do not receive and award for demonstrating poor behavior.
I would have this book in my library despite that fact that I don't care for the books.
Ms. Brown,
ReplyDeleteI find this book a good read for children. I would have this book in my library because it shows how possibly children think when they are being disobedient. Yes, it doesn't show that he apologized but it allows the audience to see that he came back home because he knew that the Wild Things was not as loving as his mother. Children do have to face consequences but sometimes something as simple as taking their food is a consequence. I don't agree that she should have taken his food but rather took TV or fun time away. Max is a mischievous child, so you have to keep him activity because he has a wild imagination.
I did find it interesting to note how the page layout echoes this transformation process. When the story begins, there is a large amount of white space surrounding the text. Within the first pages, the text is on the left side and the illustrations are on the right side. The illustrations slowly become larger and larger, until they engulf the entire page; the text is gone upon reaching the centerfold spread of Max and the Wild Things dancing and celebrating together. Then, as Max “tames” the animals, tells them the sleep and returns home, the illustrations go back to their original size. When Max was leaving, the Wild Thing says, “we’ll eat you up-we love you so!” Note that he said the same thing to his mother in the beginning of the story. The colors in the story were dark and tinted and the story setting was during the night time. Also, there were reputations of words. The illustrations are engulfing the picture so you can conclude that it is a serious meaning to the story. The overtone meaning would be that children shouldn’t be disrespectful to their parents or they will have consequences. The undertone of the story is, children are naïve and have spite within them when things don’t go their way but if you show them that you love them, these feelings will go away. Its a part of growing up.
The first comment in the story belongs to Khalari or K.Y.
ReplyDeleteI thought that this was a very interesting story but this is not a book that I would want to see in my classroom. Max should have had consequences for his bad behavior even if it was to scold him. He didn't apologize but he knew that he was wrong that is the reason for him returning home. The wild could not give him the love that his mom could.
ReplyDeleteAs I said in my previous posts i'm all for book that has a lot of color and the pictures grab my attention. This book does nothing for me at all, even when I was younger I didn't like reading or looking at this book at all. The monsters on the front scared me and they still kind of do. This book is also I banned and I think the reasoning for it is a little outrageous. It's said that the book shows signs of neglect when the mom didn't give Max his dinner. When he "come home" his dinner was right there waiting for him in his room. Max was misbehaving in the book but I don't think he was doing that much that he needed a consequence. Kids misbehave all the time it's just something they do. I just really couldn't get into the book because I haven't liked for so long. Would I have it in my classroom? No because I don't think it would be teaching the kids anything worth learning.
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