Freak The Mighty: Comparing The Movie And The Book

Freak the Mighty, the book, and The Mighty, the movie, have many similarities. Max, Kevin, Grim, Gram, and Gwen are the main characters. Both Kevin and Max were outcasts and found friendship in each other. The two boys played with Kevin’s ornithopter, which was a special toy. In their spare time, they went on quests and slayed dragons. They referred to females as their fair maidens.

The first difference that caught my eye was how there was no cat, in the book there was a cat named, Sammie, and Sammie always got stuck in one of Billy’s traps. But in the movie

The novel and the movie were both very suspenseful. The main characters are both the same in the book and in the movie but are a little bit different then their counter partners in the novel/movie. In both the movie and

There are many of the same people like Turtle, Angela, Grace, Hoo, Otis Amber, and Berthe Erica Crow. Also the money is both in the 2’s of millions like 20 and 200. Mr. Hoo still owns a Chinese restaurant that does very poorly. Also Berthe Erica Crow is still partnered with Otis Amber, and they still own the Good Salvation Soup Kitchen. As always Turtle still wins the Westing Game. That’s just a small list of what the similarities are between the book and movie.

Both share the same plot, and there are very little differences between the two. These are a few of the differences that I was able to notice between the book and the movie. There are several others throughout the story, but they are all just as minute and in the end they have no effect on the outcome of the story. Overall, I was very impressed with the movie and it was very true to the book. I have seen my share of movies that were adaptations from books that did not do the book justice, but this one is almost exactly like the book, so it was very

Some similarities are Ender’s brother, Peter, is mean to him and in the movie, and peter acts the same in the book too (pg 10-11). Also, in the movie and in the book the adults lied and manipulated Ender to kill all of the buggers for them (pg 314). Finally, in

Freak the Mighty the book and The Mighty the movie have an abounding amount of similarities. They both involve Max, Kevin, Gwen, Grim, and Gram as the main characters. Kevin and Max are two boys who were both bullied and found a friendship in each other. The two boys were also very fond of Kevin’s ornithopter, which was a bird Kevin had made. Whenever the boys had spare time, they gladly decided to go on quests. Kevin and Max imagined themselves slaying dragons and saving princesses. There are more similarities

This essay is about the differences in the book and movie. I will also be telling you about the similarities. There are so many differences and similarities. Some people may say that the book is better, but others like the movie better. I hope after reading my essay, you will be educated about Freak the Mighty.

Both the novel and the film share indistinguishable qualities. For example,They both have the same places as the novel.There were the DX,Tasty Freeze,the lot,the church,and the characters houses.Since they had the same places the same things happened.They have the same places so,they have the same scenes.However,they seem identical, they have a lot of differences.

The biggest similarity between the book, and the movie is the theme. The theme in both the book, and the

There are other significant similarities between the movie and the book, so if I overlooked or forgot any extremely crucial points, forgive me.

The book and the movie of Freak the Mighty have many similarities and differences. One similarity was that Blade and his gang caused some problems for Max and Freak. At the firework display, his group chased Max and Freak into the lake in both the book and the movie. Also, in both the book and the movie Blade’s group stole Loretta's purse and Freak and Max went to return it. Just like the similarities, the book and movie had quite a few differences. Freak, for example, had many difference from the book to the movie. In the movie, he had to go to the hospital for eating too fast, but in the book, the only time he went to the hospital; was when he had a seizure. Also, in the book Freak carried around his dictionary but in the movie, he never

Although the movie The Mighty is based on the book Freak the Mighty, there are both similarities and differences between the two. First, the book and movie have the same way that Max gets kidnapped and freed after his father, Kenny Kane gets released early from prison. While Max is asleep in the “down under”, Max’s father sneaks into his room to capture Max, and then Kenny tries to convince Max that he didn’t kill his mother, but Max knows that that isn’t true. After being tied up and interrogated by Kenny, Freak comes in to save Max by using a squirt gun he got for Christmas. He tells Kenny that it is filled dangerous chemicals from a set that he got, but in reality, it is filled with household materials. Something that is different is the

There are a lot of differences and similarities between Freak the Mighty book and movie. When Max storms off, Freak follows him and and talks about the surgery. Freak starts talking about this place where he is going to get bionic body and Max believes him. Towards the end of the book and after freak dies he runs to the factory and he doesn't break the glass to try to get in instead he opens the door and walks around before crying and then he realizes that Freak was lying to him and finds out that he was in a laundromat. The day after christmas Freaks dies and gets sent to the hospital, but in the book he dies having a seizure on his birthday.

Due to the text’s complexityz and the author’s peculiar writing style, it took me quite a while to get into the story, thus reducing my reading speed considerably. But, once I was one third into the book, I started to really enjoy it and, as the narrative became more and more complex, I became aware of how much the book and the movie differ.