When we first meet Max, he is haunted by the death of his loved ones and reduced to an antisocial loner, out only for survival, until he joins FuriosaвЂ™s fight to rescue a group of women who, despite the disastrous environmental conditions, can still bear children and have been kept as вЂњbreedersвЂќ by Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Whiteley). As Miller said, вЂњWhen you read Joseph Campbell, you realize what he is: HeвЂ™s a character who predates cinema and is almost in all folklore, the wanderer in the wasteland searching for meaning.вЂќ Maybe, more than just one living, breathing person, Max is an idea to be handed down for generations to come. Mad Max employs common storytelling archetypes as characters, and, according to the director, Max himself is an archetype. Since the History Man is designated as вЂњfirst,вЂќ this title could possibly refer to Max himself, as viewed from a time in the future when society has improved.

Presumably, the First History Man of the quote is someone who, once society hopefully returns to more stable times, begins to document the turbulent past and the key figures who helped to reshape life for the better. This older man, desperate to remember the facts and figures of the past, the old learning-so desperate that in a world where paper barely exists any more, heвЂ™s tattooed all these facts onto his body-thatвЂ™s a great character and a great visual.вЂќ Fury Road co-writer and storyboard artist Mark Sexton told Comic Book Resources, вЂњThe History Man was actually a character that appeared in early drafts of the film when we were storyboarding it. Called a вЂњWordburger,вЂќ the History Man acts as a living book, with names and whole stories tattood on his person. Its author, вЂњthe First History Man,вЂќ isnвЂ™t specified by name, but two Mad Max comic prequels co-written by Miller use a вЂњHistory ManвЂќ character as the narrator. The fictional quote was invented by Miller to underline Fury RoadвЂs central theme of the quest to be our best selves and regain our lost humanity - the core of the redemption journey. вЂњWhere must we go, we who wander this wasteland, in search of our better selves?вЂќ - The First History Man

But the closing image is followed by a mysterious, fictitious quote that reads: George MillerвЂ™s Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) ends in an epic fashion with a final shot of Furiosa (Charlize Theron) and the surviving Wives (Riley Keogh, Zoe Kravitz, Abby Lee, Courtney Eaton) watching as Max (Tom Hardy) disappears into the crowd of rejoicing citizens.

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