What is the symbolic meaning of Max's dinner being on the table in his room upon his return? Story: Where the wild things are
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The symbolic meaning of food supper being on the table is that it is only at home, where a child receives love and care like nowhere else.

Explanation:

'Where the wild things are' is a children's fictional picture book by Maurice Sendak. The book consists of 338 words and depicts the life of a young boy whose name is Max.

After being sent to bed without supper and surfing through an imaginative jungle, he retrieves back to reality after feeling alone and longing for motherly  care and love. When Max returns back to home, he sees his dinner being served to him, which symbolizes that it is only at home that a child receives unconditional love and care. Though his mother send him to bed without supper yet she delivered him food out of love.