Book Review Of Rodman Philbrick's 'Freak The Mighty'

Acceptance is when people truly see you for who you are, not just what to look like, or what you talk like. In the book Freak the Mighty, Freak is shown as ‘robot boy’, or being ‘crippled.’ However, our main character, Max, doesn’t think of him this way. He sees him as Kevin, the smart boy who lives across the street. This is just one of the many examples of acceptance in the book. I think that Freak the Mighty is a story of acceptance, and here's why:

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. And Freak the Mighty shows this. Freak the mighty by Rodman Philbrick is a novel about to kids who constantly help each other with their disabilities and show us what a true friendship is. In addition, they will always stay together through sad hard times and happy. There are two main themes In the novel and truly show us how to live life to its fullest. They are don't judge a book by its cover and you can do anything if you put your mind to it.

In today's society there are lots of people that believe that dumb people can not accomplish anything in there whole life. From the book Freak the Mighty this point is proven wrong. Max and Kevin, are the two most important characters in Freak the Mighty, they can both be described as dynamic characters. Each of them goes through major changes that are revealed through their actions, and by what the author says about them. Maxwell embodies the archetype of the hero's journey. I will discuss this issue using the fact that he has a birth, a calling/journey, and a return.

Friendships can be positive or negative. A good friend is supportive, kind and trustworthy. However, a negative friendship can cause a bad influence and habits. Finny and Gene have many qualities that combine to create a terrible friendship. They are not supportive of each others decisions and are very envious of the others abilities. Throughout the novel, Gene’s friendship with Finny becomes unhealthy and detrimental.

Throughout the novel Freak the Mighty author Rodman Philbrick creates a compelling story featuring the main characters, Maxwell “Max” Kane and Kevin Dillon, better known as Freak, who go through a journey testing their friendship and loyalty to each other against the forces of evil in life. Max has not had it easy, with his mother being murdered by his father Kenny “Killer” Kane, and he has “never had a brain” (Philbrick 1). These actions and thoughts have left him with no friends and immense grief. Freak has also had a fairly lonely life, being two feet tall with extraordinary intelligence leaving him an outcast. Even into adulthood, people like to isolate others due to appearance or behavior. Loretta Lee, a woman the boys meet on a quest and also an old friend of Kenny Kane, is a perfect example, as she is judged by her looks and the way she can act. Despite their looks or behavior, all of these characters have the best intentions and enormous hearts, and are living a quality life, proving that just because someone is different, does not mean they are not of the same worth as everyone else.

The book mainly focused on a very interesting kind of friendship. Clements might be telling us that even though someone may encounter disabilities through life, friendship is not a something that can be taken away.

The theme of Rodman Philbrick's young-adult novel Freak the Mighty is the power of friendship and its ability to triumph over adversity. Max tells the "unvanquished truth" of his friendship with Kevin to help make clear how it forever changes him. At the end, Lorette told Max “Nothing’s a drag”. Likewise, ‘Freak’ chewing on chop suey. Also, Max’s Father chokes Lorette and the squirt gun had the same ingredients in them!

A shy, introverted, and intellectual young man must understand the values of friendship in order to overcome the threat of war and chaos that is happening around him and within him. A novel written by the author John Knowles, tells the story of Gene Forrester, whose envious personality and hasty decisions can inevitably ruin lives. In A Separate Peace, Gene, turned against his best friend must resolve his inner identity crisis and jealousy towards a friend while understanding that his actions have consequences and affect those closest to him.

For instance, when Finny helps them get out of trouble by “...[pressing] his advantage because he [sees] that Mr. Prud’homme [is] [content], won over in spite of himself. [...] there might be a flow of simple, [uncontrollable] friendliness between them, and such flows were one of Finny’s reason for living” (Knowles 22). This is important because it changes the way Gene looks at Finny and believing that he was a horrible guy. This also means that Gene now sees Finny in a positive way because the way he got them out of trouble. In addition, their friendship is tested when they start to fight with each other and Gene said “it struck me then I was injuring him again.

In the thrilling book Freak The Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, both complex characters have unique and distinct tones but share a type of connection that no one would be able to understand. While both characters are very complex and yet so alike Philbrick gets just the right mood and tone for their personalities. In chapter 6, When Tony says ”Hey, you wanna say that again little freak man.” Philbrick brings out an intimidating mood and tone. Until Philbrick brings out a type of confidence in Kevin when he says. “Cretin C-R-E-T-I-N.” When Kevin stands up for them it gives him confidence and makes Tong D. even more upset and intimidated. Until chapter 7 Tony D. and his gang come back looking for more trouble and put both Max and Kevin in a terrible

Throughout the novel, Freak the Mighty, author Rodman Philbrick brings the two main characters, Max and Kevin nicknamed “Freak”, together through friendship between two completely different people. The two friends friendship made both Kevin and Max stronger in their own ways; whether it be Max and his self confidence or Kevin with his size. The friendship they had changed both the main characters and others around them for the better in the end. Friendship also taught them how to treat one another whether it be in the case of Max and his dad, Killer Kane, or Freak the Mighty and Loretta, a side character in the novel. Max and Kevin’s friendship made both of them stronger and taught them and everyone around new and important lessons.

Freak the Mighty essay Freak the Mighty, the main characters are Freak and Max these characters help each other and together they fight Killer Kane. Both of the boys are outcasts because of their outer appearances. Max is abnormally large, while Kevin is diminutive because of his physical deformities.however In this story, Freak is a hero because he is brave being brave means not afraid of fear. Throughout the story, he is a hero because he is fearless.

“Friendship isn’t about who you’ve known the longest, it’s about who walked into your life, said ‘I am here for you,’ and proved it.” —Anonymous. The book Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick is a terrific book about friendship. A few of the scenes where this is shown are when Max and Freak meet and become Freak the Mighty; when Kevin teaches Max how to read, and when Kevin uses a squirt gun to save Max. Rodman Philbrick suggests that one great friend can transform a person’s life.

In freak the mighty maxwell is a lonely boy without friends living with his two grandparents without a mom and a dad in prison. His life changed after kevin moved to the neighborhood, a smart kid with medical issues and his mom. Maxwell life changed when Gwen, kevin’s mom, requested for maxwell to stay in the same classroom as kevin

In the end, Lucky confronts his longstanding bully. He toughly declares, “You’re not going to give me any more shit. And if you lay a finger on me again, I’m calling the fucking cops on you” (King 269). Thus, Lucky does not view himself as vulnerable to others. Secondly, Lucky transforms from a depressed person to someone optimistic about life occurrences. The novel starts off with Lucky creating a questionnaire on methods of suicide, so teachers tell him that he has social problems. Therefore, Lucky initiates Operation Don’t Smile Ever to force himself to be unhappy. Through conversations with his grandfather and Ginny, he finds out that he is loved and supported. For instance, his grandfather advises that, “He may have peed on your feet, but nobody can pee on your soul without your permission” (King 24). Consequently, he is no longer bullied and is happy with his life. Finally, he discovers that people like him. In the beginning, Lucky does not have any friends and is bullied. However, he meets a group of girls and they talk which makes him feel valued. Moreover, he thinks about girls all the time, but he says “[Girls] are not into me” (King 100). However, he meets Ginny