Class Discussion: Where the Wild Things Are

Who knew that there are so many comparisons between Peter Rabbit and Where the Wild Things Are? Today in class, the discussion opened me up to many new aspects to the story Where the Wild Things Are that I have never thought about. I have always thought that this book was a simple story with great illustrations, but I found out that it is so much more.

One interesting part of this story that I learned about today was the borders within the illustrations. The border around the page was small when Max was at home in the real world, but as he entered the imaginative world, the border grew bigger and bigger. Also, Max dressed up as a wolf to become part boy part wolf like Peter Rabbit was part boy part rabbit. Both of these characters also experienced having a female as the controlling source in the stories. Another neat part of Where the Wild Things are is how as Max returns to the reality, the illustrations go away.

I enjoyed learning about these interesting points about the story that I have never thought of before. It opens my mind up to there being more depth within such a short, simple story book.