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** Team Judith:: Max's world is complicated..... and he is obviously different. He doesnt act like a normal kid his age would act. His father Is Out of his life and he most definitley doesn't like Gary, his mom's boyfriend. Well see Gary doesn't know that though. He just thinks that Max is acting like a normal kid would act but really Max is trying his best to be devious. Max thinks Gary is trying to take the place of his father and he doesn't like it at all. He thinks that Claire and his mother are ignoring him. I feel Max thinks that because of his different ways. I also believe Max knows that he acts differently and feels that his mom and Claire just wont accept it. Max acts the way he acts because he wants to get attention from Claire and his mom. He also wants Gary to leave his mom alone so his dad can come stay with them again. Oh Yeah! Max's teacher's story and his story are oddly related. He may have a thought that the world will come to an end and none ever gets him and how he thinks! Max is always by himself and he feels left out all the time. because his sister doesn't care for him,only her friends, and his mom is too caught up with her boyfriend; she never gives him any attention. But so far, I think when he left the house he knew what he was doing. And when he discovered the wild things and felt as if he was at home. The most thing that touched me is when he saw Carol, doing all the work ALONE. ** ===== ** Max understood how Carol felt so he decided to help him destroy the animals houses. All the other animal didn't know who he was, where he came from, or why he was detroying their homes. They got all upset especially, Douglas. He is the one wondering why this thing popped out of nowhere and is destroying their homes. Both Carol and max felt that for once somebody got them. Well i haven't read that far but i think in the future that we will find out that carol has the same fears as max. Just like max has a fear or things coming to a end and espicially being alone, Carol may feel the same way. Just think about it.................... Carol was the only one destoying things while everyone else was looking at him like what are you doing. Max feels the same way. Like no one gets him and everyone feels he id different Max inspired the animals to throw torches from the fire they had burning onto the roofs of their homes while watching them catch on fire. One of the torches Max threw went too high up and one of the trees caught on fire like it was drowned in kerosene. I believe Max got caught up in the moment because had he knew it was their houses he was destoying he would have thought twice. Max told the Wild Things he was the "King" of his last "Territory" for about 20 years. The Wild Things didn't really know Max so they believed him. When they found out he was "King" they made him their "King." Max felt he was in charge when he became "King" and they did everything Max did whether it was right or whether it was wrong. **
 * //__Team Ira--__//**Max feels that he can do many things. But he sometimes regrets what he has done. He likes to pretend that he is many things. For example he believes he is a he is a wolf, he has loads of imagination. He doesn't like when his mom is sad or mad at him. In Max's world he can be or do anything, from a pirate to a warrior. One thing Max doesn't want in "his" world is Gary. I can tell by how he describes Gary, he says he is a gulliable adult . And Max does many different things, he feels sad because he wants someone to understand him and be with him.


 * Team Alex: Why do you think Max lied about being a King for 20 years? We think he lied, because for once in his life he can be powerful and he can be needed for something. Max feels that he is finally ready to get out into an actual world and be himself and do what he likes to do. He is ready to show who he is to all The Wild Things.The Wild Things accepeted him and made him king. Now Max gets to show off hiself to people(creatures) that would accept for who he is. He doesn't have to hide anything anymore.As you can see Max is always contemplating what he has just did wrong even though he can't go back in the past and fix his mistakes.This leaves max feeling confused and wondering what is pushing him to all these measures as does his mom because she's just as confused . But the answer to that matter is a line from the book right before Max runs away " It's not my fault ! ". Thats the answer if you think about all that has happened and how max feels about these things then you know why Max exactly acts that way .The answer is right there.

Quotes from the book: 1." In the meantime, the scene was spectacular. The sky was orange fire rained down.Birds left the nests and rose flames like embers, twisting and leaping into the sky. And Max had started it all." p.112 2." Something cliked in Max's head. His thoughts lined up, his plan was orderly and clear. He needed to be that someone."

bhlspectrum:** Really great stuff so far, I feel we are really getting to understand Max's world and his view of things around him. There really has been some interesting points made about how Max's reacts to things, people, and information. I think it would be neat to continue exploring these ideas. For example, why do you think Max acts like he is an animal? Or why he likes to wear the wolf suit? In other words, why does Max do the things he does? All teams, keep the discussion going!=====

In the book Max experienced some events on the island that were similar to ones at home. For example when Max had a snowball fight with Claire and her friends it was just like when Max and the wild things had a war on the island.When Max destroyed Claire's bedroom, it's just like when he destroyed the wild things's houses,there are a lot of different events that Max has had that he has experienced but he doesn't know it yet.