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
with the wild things, his ''imagination'' gave max younger mentors that made him realize he just wanted the love from his mother.
The wild things were placed into the book to make him realize his mother just wants the best from him by not treating his bad behavior. After the wild thing's behavior started to take a turn, just like Max's behavior, Max treated the beasts like how his mother treated him and didn’t give him dinner. "And max the king of all wild things was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him the best of all'' (pg. 29). This is when max realized his behavior and why his mother punished him, it was out of love instead of hate.His behavior and wanting to be alone is what sent him to the faraway land, in place as a mentor to help him realize what he did and what he needs to do, the wild things show him that his mother didn’t feed him to teach him a lesson out of love. When max got home from the faraway world of magical beasts, he found his mother left a plate of food out for him because she did love him. The plate of food was still hot, which could mean he wasn’t in the world of the wild things for that long before he stated to miss her.
Max left the wild things behind to go home to him other because he just wanted someone to love him.
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
more.
Max never really noticed the love his mother gave him. He was just so little he never really understood. His bad behavior could have been a rebellion against him not feeling loved. Max would cause trouble over and over again on a daily basis. It got to the point of a punishment would be needed to help straighten him out. At Max's young age he could have misunderstood her. He could have went to see the wild things to look for love but still he could not find any. Which led him back home. Max was put in charge to be the king of all the wild things. He got to know what it was like to be in charge. "and made him king of all wild things" (pg. 21). That helped him grow up a little to realize his behavior was wrong. He most likely now has a new perspective of the way his mother is raising him. Over the time Max was there, even tho it was a short period, he grew up a little because for once he was in charge and he was the leader of the pack of wild things. Being a king was too tiring for him so he retired and went home. Letting him be in charge for a little bit gave him the realization that he did the same thing to the wild things just to take care of them.
Max's knows he is loved, not by all creatures. But by the people who are important to him. The author Maurice Sendak wrote this story about his child hood. Even tho Sendak did go to bed without his dinner, he still made his point. Max, a younger Maurice, found the love from his mother through his imagination. And I know what you're thinking, who cares right? This book is not supposed to be about a rebellious boy and his imagination, its about finding love. Even tho it may be in the weirdest and crazy way, everyone should take a trip to the faraway land and spend the evening with the wild things.