I ll Eat You Up !, Where The Wild Things Are An American...

â€Å"I’ll eat you up!† Where the Wild Things Are is an American movie released in 2009 that centres on Max, a rather mad young boy who in the end changes to become that of the ideal child. Through Max’s growth, Director Spike Jonze displays that different Transcendentalist tenets are still a valid aspect of our culture, and that writers such as Thoreau and Emerson still have their influence. Transcendentalists from the 1800s, such as those previously mentioned, have values generalized into living purely as who you are, and living simply. Where the Wild Things Are reproduces these Transcendentalist ideas into modern society: peace in nature, civil disobedience with free-thought, and the importance of self-reliance. Thoreau emphasizes the†¦show more content†¦When asked, â€Å"What is wrong with you?† he snaps, â€Å"It’s not my fault!† The way he speaks out shows that the reason for his disobedience is in fact his own mother. The entire situation represents modern Transcendentalism. It mirrors Thoreau who also had a problem, but instead with a corrupt government. In response, what did Thoreau do? He protested by refusing to pay his taxes, therefore getting him the attention he needed to show there was an issue. Like Thoreau said, it’s best for one to protest when in attempt to emphasize a point or bring notice to a problem. If there is a problem, the worst one could do would be to sit passively. â€Å"A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance †¦ The only obligation which I have †¦ is to do at any time what I think right† (Thoreau â€Å"Civil Disobedience†). In other words, Thoreau believes that if one does not agree w ith something, then one should not follow along with it. Subsequently, Max runs away, becomes an outcast, and gains the trait of self-reliance. In the essay â€Å"Self-Reliance,† Transcendentalist Emerson believes self-reliance is a benefit; â€Å"It is easy in the world to live after in the world’s opinion †¦ but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowds keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude ... The only right is what is after my constitution, the only wrong is what is against it†. His thinking concludes that a man must trust