“Where the Wild Things Are” when I was younger did not seem to be filled with
underlying themes. But as I got older and listening to it again I saw that there were themes hidden in the story, and it was not just about a misbehaving boy who got sent to his room with no food and fell asleep to wake up to his mom leaving his food for him.
The themes I found hidden in the book were:
- There is power in the imagination of people
- Childhood is full of monsters (raw emotions, anxiety, etc.)
- Once people tame their own monsters they become the ultimate KING of the Wild Things
- And there is no place like home and love
Adults can see some of these messages because they experience them themselves or have experienced them in their childhood.
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