Freak The Mighty Iggy Lee Quotes

When Max flashes back to the island he reflects on all the people he knew there. They were always smiling and laughing. Talking about the island he said, “West Indian laughter was always contagious.” He had people around him that made him laugh. Now he was all alone in Canada. “He decided to return home to his room in the ramshackle rooming house . . . staring at the walls, and thinking.” Here, he realized there was no one around. He was alone in his room with his thoughts. He had nothing on the walls to stare at. He was empty and alone in Canada. Max once imagined this great life he would have in Canada. He thought up intricate details about the cottage he would have and the wonderful family. Max wanted to marry an island-girl to mix his old life and his new life. He liked particular details from the island, and he didn’t want to forget it all. He doesn’t want to leave his past life behind, even though he left the island to start over. Once again, the complexity arises because he has these great plans for his new life, but he wants to mix in his island life,

These characters are quite the same in the book and the movie. In the beginning Max is bullied and is kind of an outkast. Freak/Kevin came to his new school, but he was bullied because he was Smarter and

The prompt immediately begins with the question, “Where d’you come from?”. This tells the reader that Max is not from the current country or setting in which the story takes place. Throughout the passage, there is only three questions, the aforementioned one, another in the first paragraph, “How couldn’t it be?”, and another in the second paragraph, “Was it that

To everyone around him, Max is his father, making him a target for bullies young and old. Even his grandparents, who are now his legal guardians, are afraid of him because of his resemblance to the man who killed their daughter! For those who do not recognize him as the spitting image of a murderer, his sheer size and stupidity scares them away. For the people who are not afraid, they bully and tease him. Day after day, Max is taunted by his classmates with the slogan “‘Killer Kane, Killer Kane, has a kid who got no brain’”(Philbrick 76). Maxwell has not been able to find a person who wants or accepts him, but when Freak arrives, it is almost as if Max knew he had met his other half. Freak helps him with insecurities, and Max has the happiest year of his life.

In chapter five, Gwen invited Max for dinner, but if she had not, I don’t think Freak and Max would have become good friends. Before they were close friends, Freak came over to Max’s house, but when his mother saw Max, she grabbed Freak and ran home, as Max looked like his father who was a criminal. When he goes to Gwen’s “apology dinner” on page twenty-five, Gwen sees that he is a well-behaved kid and kind to Freak. If she had not realized who he truly was at the dinner, she probably would not have approved of the friendship, and the two would not be as close as they are now.

If we only judged him on is looks, we might assume he is this huge mean guy. The first time we him he wasn’t the best kid “until I persuaded him otherwise”. This shows that he likes to use his legs and feet to tell people off. Max also was called “kicker”. This also shows he mostly likes to talk with is hands and feet instead of his mouth. However, we later see him as a hero when he saves loretta from Kenny Kane. This confirms our thoughts by showing that Max is not as we thought and he’s caring and

It was stated that people were afraid of Max and bullied him, because of his father, Kenny Kane, who was supposedly in prison for murder. This character did not live up to the initial impression most readers had, because on page 160 it states “ so I wrote the unvanquished truth, for months and months, until it was spring again, and the world was really and truly green all over”, and at the beginning of the story Max stated on page 1 “ I never had a brain until Freak came along.” It was shown toward the end of the book, that Max had been affected by others actions towards him because if he wasn’t affected he would have probably acted a little smarter and considerate when he learned about Kevin’s death. An example of the way he actually acted is on page 155 “ a bunch of them jump on me and I keep going, running around in circles like an accident of

When Max was kidnapped by his dad it changed him, for example on page 128, Max is yelling,”’ I saw you kill her! I saw you kill mom! I never forgot, not ever! I know you did it! I know!”’

During this part of the book they were inside a toy store at the moment and wondering where they could find the Institute to find out who they really were. Angel was missing from the group in the toy store so Max started off by going to check the stuffed animal section. This was where she found Angel talking to to an old lady. Max’s worries had faded some because the wolf men called Erasers, don’t usually live for more than five to six years. The lady that was talking with Angel decided to buy the stuffed bear that she wanted so badly. The old lady walked up to the register with Angel, pulled out her wallet, paid for the the bear, and walked out of the store like nothing ever happened.

If we were to judge him solely on his appearance, we might assume that he is scared and not smart. In fact, when we first see him, he stands up for himself and speaks loudly just like when he see’s Max watching him trying to get his ornithopter. This shows that he is tough and smart. Kevin also will talk to people with big words that a lot of people don’t know, he makes jokes most of the time, and he will go on an adventure with Max. This shows that Kevin is funny and has an imagination. However, later we see him lie to Max that he is going to get a new body so that Max won’t be sad that he was gonna die soon. This refutes our initial judgement by showing that Kevin is funny, outstanding, smart, very kind, has an imagination, and will be happy all the

Also, in the book Max is told Freak died at the hospital, by Dr. Spivak after Max said that Freak told him he was getting a bionic body. Dr. Spivak then told him that Kevin knew he would die at a young age. In the movie, Max races up to an ambulance and bangs on the doors until Gwen comes out of the ambulance and tells him what Dr. Spivak told Max in the

He had to survive all alone with his mother during the most difficult time and place, Nazi Germany during World War 2. ‘’All my life, I’ve been scared of men standing over me. I suppose my first standover man was my father, but he vanished before I could remember him’’(224-225) Having a controlling male figure his entire life made him a very submissive person. Though there was a negative outcome to it like him having to live all alone with his mother, the positive outcome was that it helped him to shape his character. He found the courage to escape Stuttgart and travel to Molching with the help of his friend Walter Kugler. He gave Max a copy of Mein Kampf with a key hidden inside. With that one key, Max would be able to do something he would’ve never thought of doing, finding

After some time, Max discloses that he has been involved in multiple sexual relationships and says he “can get in any woman’s pants.” He also brags that he is smarter than anyone in the group, regardless of the fact that one person has a PhD in

Max had just rescued one of the tire people who was left to die by the refinery peoples. The victim (Nathan) decided to make a deal to return him back to his people and Max will get fuel

He pushes open the pod and a farmer couple appear at the top of the ditch.”Are you dead?” Asked the woman stupidly.”No, I'm not dead, but may I ask where am I?” “Well you’re on Earth obviously, but this is Smallville, Kansas honey. Are you lost, baby?” “Um… I think so, I don’t really remember much…” Then the farmer couple pulled him out of the ditch and took him in and raised Max-ly as their own. There was a name on the inside of the pod but it was partially scratched off but it read Max. So the farmer couple, James and Kelly Stanley decided to call him Max Stanley.