As I open my eyes, I was surprised to be awakened by my dog hopping on my bed, rather than my annoying phone alarm. A loud grunt escapes me, but I continue to get up out of bed. After getting ready, I made sure to bring my dog outside. “Max! Catch!” I shouted as I threw the bright, neon yellow tennis ball. I loved my dog. Between the fighting between my parents and stress from school, he was the only thing that kept me happy. Before I could even comprehend what was happening, I heard the loudest, and most tragic honk I would probably ever hear. “MAX! WATCH OUT!” I rushed over, tears streaming down my face. The car continued on, without even bothering to stop. Once it passed by, I look over to see my dog lying there. Lifeless, and empty, along …show more content…
I still had hope. I knew that everything happened for a reason, and if Max was meant to be alive, he would be okay. We went to the car, both with tears down our face. Instead of going to work or school, we headed to the vet. I knew he would be okay. I sat in the passenger seat of the car, dreading what was to come, but nothing could be worse than what already has. Max was laying in my lap, and I didn’t know what I would do without him. All I could see was his lifeless face staring back at me. A part of me felt guilty for not watching him carefully, but I also knew that there probably wasn’t anything I could have done to stop him from running. After the long, terrifying car ride, we eventually approached the vet. I wanted to sit in the car, because I knew I wouldn’t be able to contain myself if it was bad news. My mom convinced me to go in, and I sat there, my emotions numb. I couldn’t get myself to actually go in, so I sat in the waiting room. After what felt like years of waiting, I saw my mom walk out. Her face told me all I needed to know. It was bad …show more content…
I pried my eyes open, and proceeded to get ready. My mom and I headed out, anxious and excited. I walked in the room, spotting him immediately. He was weak, but alive, and that was all I cared about. When we got home, I locked myself into my room. Not because I was angry or upset, but just because that’s what my daily routine has become. That’s just what happens when you get used to repeating something every day. Later in the day, we got a phone call, which was unexpected, since people usually text rather than calling. I ignored it, but that was my first mistake. I heard immediate bawling and I didn’t need to hear anything else to know what happened. That was it. He was gone. My dad soon came home, and learned the unfortunate news. Max held us all together and now that he was gone, I knew my life was just about to get worse than I could ever imagine. The days after were silent. But something I never thought would happen did. My family grew stronger, and slowly but surely, the fighting stopped, and everyone was happy. Of course I missed Max, but like I said, everything happens for a reason, and I truly believe this is
His father kills his mother, then the father goes to jail and Max gets stuck with his grandparents. Max is lost, needs a friend desperately and needs help. He even admits it on the first page, “I never had a brain until Freak came along.” He always thought that his head was empty. “Not that I have any ideas. My brain is vacant” (6). He said he was brainless, stupid, couldn’t learn… He did not believe in himself and Freak came along to help him understand that there is an “...unlocked door just waiting for you to open it.” -Unknown
Max does not want to admit that he is not tough. ,for example, when the three boys were at the subway station on their way to go camping, Max hopped on a train and the doors closed. His buddies told him to wait at the next station. When his friends got there Max had streaks running down his face. Max claimed that there was a leak, when he was really crying. Another time was in paragraph 72 Max said “There might not be an end to the bridge.” His friends protested but Max truly was scared. Max tries to look as tough as he possibly can in front of his friends. In paragraph 3 Max said that he had been ready for years to go on this camping trip. But he wasn't ready from the start Of the camping trip. This proves that Max hadn’t been ready.
All thanks to his friend Walter kugler. Walter is Max 's best friend. Walter and Max started battling each other growing up, yet soon got to be companions. In the early phases of the Holocaust, Walter helps Max avoid the Nazis and organizes Max to stay at Hans Hubermann 's place. Even though Max is going through tough times he is able to keep a strong relationship with walter. Despite the fact that Max is experiencing extreme times he can keep a solid relationship with walter. Secondly is the relationship Max has with Liesel. In spite of the fact that Liesel is apprehensive meeting Max to begin, they soon turn out to be great companions. They share bad dreams as their first talk together. Max has left his family and Liesel has lost her sibling. Sharing their mishaps the two get to be associated through sharing their souls and the printed word. Liesel instructs Max that he can express his sketchy identity through words. "i have hated the words and i have loved them, and i hope i have made them right” (528). Max and Liesel have grown to love and learn from one another. Lastly, is the relationship Max has with Hans before leaving them. Max left since Hans has shown love for a Jew in a parade, and Max realized that Hans ' home would be hunted by the NSDAP down evidence of
In the novel, I learned the with Great Friendship that it would be much easier to achieve anything, and with great determination, you could achieve anything. This shows that with a little friendship, and hard work, you can achieve anything that you want to. I would say after reading this book, that without friendship you can never have a better life, than the one Freak and Max and after all the two kids with no friends became two of the best friends you could ever
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
His plays he produces and sneaking around with Cross all remains on school grounds and is also where everyone comes together towards the end of the movie. Max strongly believed that he was meant for Rushmore and would do anything for his school but that just gets him into trouble. In the beginning of the film it shows the number of all the clubs he was involved in and all the projects he had created at the school. It was until he met Cross and got himself into trouble. That trouble is what eventually got him kicked out of Rushmore and attending a regular public school. He soon becomes very involved with the public school as well and creates a huge play at the end of the
Perhaps the comfort he provided Douglas is the comfort he lacks from his family when he is ignored. Furthermore, it may be Max trying to convince himself that although he feels ignored, it does not mean that he is unloved. Bernard also seems to be a part of Max’s character, Bernard the bull is quiet throughout the entire movie, in a way this is Max in situations where he is not expressing what he truly feels. Max does not speak his mind and reverts to his imagination to express his thoughts.
Max’s mother helps Max out multiple times, supporting him with whatever struggles are coming. At one point, both Max and Dallas are about to be nested and turned into zombies, but Max’s mother come to the rescue and fakes the vaccination. Another time when family helped the characters with problems is when Max comforts his mother while she is crying. Max’s mother is depressed over the fact that she is the one who gave Tyler W. the vaccination, and Tyler ended up dying from it. She feels that his death was on her hands, but Max tells her it wasn’t her fault, and that there was nothing that she could’ve done. One last time where the importance of family is shown is when Ally is having a mini tantrum, and is upset about Peanut apparently dying due to extermination. To cheer her up, Max fathoms up a story of him seeing Peanut running away from the park before the extermination happens, and Ally believes that his story is true and it cheers her
This shows that he has a soft side because instead of worrying about himself and running away he saved Loretta. Max did all of this knowing that his father could kill him at any second. All these examples showcase how people are not what they appear and getting to know a new person can create a
Max always live in the basement of his grandparents house and he likes it there because he has privacy for his own. His grim and gram were worried that he will be like his father. Max was so isolated he barely knows that he is lonely because of the hard life he has led. Before Max was born, his mother got involved with Kenny Kane, Max’s father. He was the one who killed his Max’s mother. Physically, Max look like his dad. He is so large that people fear him, and sometimes his emotions overwhelm him. Mentally, Max is essentially crippled by the trauma and isolation that defined his life so much so that he ended up in learning disabled classes. Emotionally, he is very caring person. He may be retard but
...ink he shouldve just put him out. I undestand that him putting max out was keeping him and his family safe, but i think he couldve found somwhere else for Max to saty. This part appeals to the readers logos. while reading this part the reader was trting to understand why Hans couldnt find somewhere else for Max to stay. Hans could've just let Max stay, and really showed how brave he was during the end of the book. This cowadice action was a disadvantage for Max because he had to go through so much once he was put out.
He is also a contributor to Joe's demise, and mainly does this by obeying Normas' commands, including bringing Joe his things to the mansion, which sets up the story. However, despite listening to Norma as a regular servant would, it is almost as if Max tries to promote and applaud Norma, which allows Joe to continue staying with her. Mentioning her as “the greatest of them all”. Billy Wilders interpretation of Max is mysterious and manipulative, hence using dark lighting and eerie non-diegetic sounds in his presence, but although Max doesn’t physically harm Joe like Norma, he keeps him occupied with her, making Max partially responsible for Joes death in the
I showed up at the hospital about thirty minutes later. I was so scared and did not know what to expect. I did not know if my father was dead, ...
I remember exactly when my dad called my sister and me in the living room to tell us the news. My dad’s face was a face I had never seen before, looked as pale as ice and chocked like if he had seen a ghost. I could see there was something wrong but nothing could have prepared me for that kind of news. The words came out and I thought at first it was a joke. I asked him the question and already knew the answer. My sister started crying and my dad fell in tears too. I couldn’t cry, just wouldn’t come out, I was too stunned by the horrible news.