How does the location of Max's room "down under" relate to how he feels about himself? Make sure you use evidence from the book.
posted by Mr. D. @ 11:25 AM
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It relates because if Max's room is "down under" than it's most likely dark and below the rest of the house. The darkness relates to Max because he doesn't like to be friendly with other people, and maybe feels like he isn't worth anything, so he probably feels sad and not very bright and cheerful. Being below the rest of the house is simalar to the way Max feels about himself because he feels stupid(maybe because he's "marked" L.D.). Also, even though he's taller than the other kids, he might feel like his intellegence is below the other kids.
ct#21
I think that the "down under" relates to how he feels about himself because he feels below(under) everyone else(pg.1 and 4 and 19). Also, he feels that he is not wanted, and has no friends, and the "down under" is a place where no one wants to be (pg.22 in the 3rd paragraph), so, the "down under", like Max, is not wanted.
N.E.#4
The location of Max's room relates to his feelings because the "down under" is under the house at the bottom, and Max thinks he's a butthead, which means he classifies as in superior to other people. Also on pg.15-19(chapter.4) the setting the whole time is in the "down under" but Freak and max could have been outside or upstairstalking.
ES #19
The location of down under relates to how Max feels about himself beacause it is a very dim and dark basement and hardly any sunlight comes in. It relates to Max beacause hes very quite and doesnt show alot of exspression, on page 13.Also the basement is very lonely beacause only Max lives down in the basement and Max is very lonely beacuse he has no freinds.Only until Freak comes along and Max makes a friend with Freak, on page 27.
DM 10
I think the way Max feels abouut himself relates to his room because he doesn't think he should do anything with his life ,so he doesn't do anything with his room, because most people like there room like them. I know he keeps his room like it is not clean or friendly looking, because on Pg.22 Max says to himself," Gram usualy doesn't come down to my room because she thinks this room is dim and smells like my sweaty socks. The only light in my room is from the basement window in the corner.C.M.#11
I think that the room "down under" relates to how Max feels about himself by. The room is at the bottom of the house and maybe Max thinks that he is at the bottom of the school class learning wise.
M.C. #1
Maby being in the "down under" makes him happy it seem's like Max doesn't really like his grandmother on page 21 it says that he goes to a place in his mind like a happy place and then his grandmother took him out of his happy place. The down under makes him like an adult, it's like he's living on his own, you don't hear his grandpreant's talking that much in the story. It's says on page 19 that Max doesn't have to many books in his room that could make him feel dumb like he doesn't have books because he feels like he can't read.
JF #5
Max's is room called the "down under" and it relates to his feeling about himself by being the only person that goes down there besides his new friend Freak on occasion when he is over playing. I noticed this on page 15 where Freak said,"Cool. you leave here all by yourself?" It could make him feel lonely. Also on page 22 Gram says,"Max,dear,I'm sorry to bother you-you know I never come into the basement." page 22.
Because it is dark and he says on page 15,"It's pretty dim down there,only the daylight from the one basement window. That could give him the thought that he is a butthead because he couldn't have a normal room without having a room in the celar. It could make him think that he is wierd and loss his convidnce. On page 19 Max says,"Of course Freak has probaly already guessed I'm learning disabled, because he's had a look around my room and it isn't exactly the public library." That could also make him think he is dumb.
C.O. #16
It relates because the "down below" because it is dark, and a little light comes from the one little window, it relats with max by he does not talk a lot,and he is not one of the smartest kids in the class. So it relats because "downbelow" goes with it.
The reason why the location of Max's "down under" {room} relates to his feelings about him because on page 19.The sentence says This time I don't say huh because then i might have to explain how i am an L.D, and reading books i sthe last thing I want to do. The next sentance says of course Freak has probably already guessed I'm learning disabled, because he's had a look around my room and it isn 't exactly the puplic libary. So then Freak tells Max that he could borrow some books sometime. Now Max doesn't know what he is going to say if Freak gives him the books.
K.M #12
I think it relates because the "down under" probably means under the rest of the house which means he probably has a dark personality and doesn't make friends that easily. He probably feels left out and the empire state building because when the "Fair Gwen" saw him she stared in astonishment like Freak isn't hanging out with him right? These things probably make him unhappy and annoyed with himself. Being the last and the bottom of the house kind of relates to how Max is with his learning. He knows he's marked L.D. but he's actually very intelligent he just doesn't want people to know it. He's taller than his grandparents and the big bully at school. Because he's taller than everyone else he probably wants to show that he's not smart even though he is.
K.L. #9
I Agree with ct#21 because he thinks he's a butthead because he has L.D. He doesn't really belive that he can be smart or he is smart. People are afraid of him because he's so tall.These people Judge him by the way he looks. Hes sad that L.D. The dark under makes me think that he's sad.
I think Max's 'down under' relates to how Max feels about himself,a butthead.I know this because,like CM#11 said,Max doesn't feel good about himself and so it shows on his room. It shows by the darkness in his room and the only light in the room,the window. Also,Gram doesn't usually come into Maxs' room because she thinks it's dim and smells like sweaty socks. Like CT#21 says,it's most likely dark and in the basement,apart from the rest of the house. That is why I think that Maxs' room(down under)relates with how he feels about himself.
CNG
(7)
It relats because "down below" because it is dark and a little light comes from a little window, it relats with max by he does not talk a lot, and he is not one the smartest kid in the class, and is very quiet, never talks.
HWT#20
Maxes room is "down under" it is probably dark and like cm21 said That is probably how he feels about himself. sm15
I agree with N.E.#4. He feels below other people, or dumber. SM15
I think that his room the "down under" relates to how he feels about himself because he is living in the lowest part of the house and he only cames up to eat with his grandmother and his grandfather. He is marked as (L.D.)meaninmg he is learing disable). He think in his mind that he is dump around the other kids. He lives down there because he really dosen't want to face the world and his dad is in jail. He is also taller than all of the kids,and he is even taller than his grandparents. The "dark under" make me think that Max is sad adout his dad beging in jail
I think that the "down under" relates to how he feels because he feels like he is not as smart as every one which he probly is he just doesn't think he is smart.
KW #23
The location of Max's room relates to how he feels about himself as follows. Max thinks he's dumb and on page 5 it said," I'm still living in the basement, my own private down under, in the little room Grim built for me there." so he calls his room the down under that is also the basement. He feels he's not worth anything more. On page 10 it says,"My room in the basement. Scuttle into your dim hole in the ground, Maxwell dear." It sounds like he feels like he is an animal, like a mouse burrowing into his hole.
I think that the down under applies to the rest of Max's life because on p. 21 he says that he has a happy place in the down under and that Gram and Grim almost never come down there. If you apllied this to anywhere else in his life that would mean that Max is pretty anti-socile, and has little or no friends. I think that this will change because Max, Freak, and Gwen were having a great time together on p.27.
L.D. #3
Max has low self esteem, due to the fact he has been told many times he is the spitting image of his father who is in jail(page 26). He's embarrassed that he is compared to his father, because his father scares people. He refers to his room as the "down under" because he's trying to hide himself, because he's ashamed of what everyone believes he'll turn out to be.
RHH
(8)
The down under relates about himself because in the book they mentioned he needs to be sustained because he might do something like his father. So then it makes him feel that he doesn't need anyone just stuck in a room in a basement.
I think "down under" relates to himself(max) because I think that he feels unwanted, and lonley because on page 22 it says that Max was hidding under his bed day dreaming about this land where he is a cloud. I think what the author ment by that was clouds aren't really anything. they are just big blobs of nothing. Wich is how Max is feeling.
em 13
I think Max's room the "down under"
relates to him since he thinks he is a butthead (since he is an L.D.)
and he thinks he will never be smart even though he is. He is also mad he dosen't have any friends, and he is dissaponted at his dad being in jail. The location is also a dark room with barley any light coming in. It is also a mess like gram says. Gram always thinks it smells like old socks in the "down under".
GP # 17
I think the location of Max's room "down under" relates to how he feels about him self because it is down under where everything else is, upstairs. It seems that his room fits him good because he seems to be an independent boy and that is how his room is. Pretty much everyone has something or maybe a few things about them in their room and in chapter 5, page 22 Max says about Gram, " you could tell she'd rather not be here, she makes this face because the place is dark and messy and probably it smells like my socks or whatever."
ep#18
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