Analysis Of Maurice Sendak's Where The Wild Things Are

During Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, Max tries to be able to fend for himself and becomes independent because his mother decided to leave him without any supper or attention. Since he wasn’t getting attention, Max left on his trip to the land of where the wild things are. While he is in the land, he becomes the leader and discovers that he is lonely since his mother was always there to give him love. When he realizes he feels lonely and hungry, he gives up all of his leadership of the wild things and goes back home to where he will get something to eat and not have to be independent. Max is not independent because he relies too much on his mother.
The speaker begins the book with Max being a nuisance to his mother by acting

Max starts a wild rumpus, and once the party is over, he send the wild things off to bed without eating any food. The speaker changes the focus of Max being a leader to showing that he needs his mother’s love because he is not used to feeling lonely since his mother is always there for and loving him. The speakers shows he is lonely when the text says, “And Max the king of all wild things was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all” (lines 15-16). The words “king of all wild things” tells the reader that being the leader of the wild things doesn’t make Max happy as much as it makes him lonely. The lines “wanted to be where someone loved him best of all” shows that even though he has created this world where he is independent and his own leader is not good enough because he knows that he is loved the most when he is somewhere where his mother takes care of him. He realizes that his mother was showing her love for Max by not paying attention to him so he would not get in anymore trouble that he was already in, which causes Max to feel lonely and want her love since he knows it is the best love he could