Essay on Subtle Differences in Where The Wild Things Are

Subtle Differences Make Where The Wild Things Are a Classic When one thinks of a childrens picture book, one usually thinks of bright colors and a story that involves a princess and a prince charming. One of the most classic childrens books, Maurice Sendaks Where The Wild Things Are, however, neither uses bright colors nor a traditional love story. Instead the readers meet a young boy, Max, who, when sent to his room without dinner, imagines a far off land. We meet his friends, the wild things, and learn that Max is the most wild thing of all. Those aforementioned trends are not the only aspects that set Where The Wild Things Are apart from other childrens picture books. Its structure, plot, and message all†¦show more content†¦He writes that the wild things, roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws (15-16). By using the same adjective, the reader has a more solid grasp on what the wild things are like. Their appearance and demeanor, however od d, strangely does not seem too terrible. As stated earlier, the book is set up like a mirror. At the beginning of the book Max is in his room, imagines the foreign world, and sails off through night and day and in and out of weeks and almost over a year (13-15). Sendak uses the same phrase at the end of the book when Max returns home to a steaming dinner and his mother. By organizing the book in this manner and choosing to repeat the word terrible, Sendak gives the reader a sense of continuity. Moebius discusses in his article that picture books seem to always have a sense of recognition and continuity. He uses Curious George as an example and writes, We expect George to keep looking like George and not like any monkey or anthropomorph, unless we are led to believe that George will now simulate such another (134). Continuity and repetition makes the story familiar and subsequently enjoyable to a child. Sendak, by repeating terrible and using the same phrases at both the begi nning and end of the book, does follow a typical childrens book formula. His originality of what he chooses to repeat, however, separates this book from mostShow MoreRelatedLuminous Soul Method : Where Is Your Energy?915 Words   |  4 PagesLuminous Soul Method Prana Series: Where is Your Energy? By Manorama â€Å"You are beautiful. You are powerful. You are free. You are a Luminous Soul.† ~ Manorama Once when I was working with a private student at my office in NYC I noticed that she was talking non-stop and her eyes were darting here and there. Her energy was wild. What I mean by wild is that she engaged her energy in an unaware way. 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