Maurice Sendak

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Where the Wild Things Are (1963)

April 9th, 1963

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Max, a wild and naughty boy, is sent to bed without his supper by his exhausted mother.

In his room, he imagines sailing far away to a land of Wild Things.

Instead of eating him...the Wild Things make Max their king...

Where the Wild Things Are (1963)
The big challenge is education -- an inner education so that the person identifies himself with humanity, rather than with the in-group..

Joseph Campell (1904-1987), American mythologist, PBS host