Meet the Cast
Max
Children can be impulsive, and Max is no exception. When we first see him, he's actively vandalizing his home, and when his mom calls him on it, he basically roars at her.In other words, he's your...
The Wild Things
The wild things are, well, wild. Maurice Sendak has said that he based his drawings of these creatures on his relatives—his immigrant aunts and uncles who didn't speak much English, had pointy fe...
Max's Mom
We don't see much of Max's mom. Actually, we don't see her at all. But we can learn quite a bit about her from the two words she speaks, how she responds to Max's anger, and her very last action in...