Identity In Max Kane's Freak The Mighty

The character maxwell kane is first described as “Im not big,”i say.”thin way your like two feet taller than me.” In fact,when we first see him, “I invented games like kick-boxing and kick-face and kick-teachers and kick-the-other-little-day-care-critters” (page 22). “Called kicker for a time-this was day care,the year gram and grim took me over-and i had a thing about booting anyone who dares to touch me” (page 1).Then when max meets kevin (freak) and max is caring about kevin.max states “and so i just sort of reach down without thinking and i pick up freak and set him on my shoulders.” this shows

They say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, and Rodman Philbrick’s, Freak the Mighty, proves this quotes wrong magnificently through friendship, emotions, and destiny. All throughout the book the reader will get to see how judging someone on their appearance and heredity can truly change a person’s life, except with this book it is shown through a young boy named Maxwell Kane (the main character) and his best friend, Kevin as they go through many life changing adventures together. The reader will find themselves learning lessons that will change their own lives as they see Max conquering his problems of loneliness, neglect, and worry. Because the beginning of Max’s life was full of such things, he was taught to believe them and become

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.

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.

First of all,Max and Freak have differences. Max is an anti-social and does not like to interact with people ( i’m still living in my basement Philbrick 5). Freak likes adventures and likes to interact and learn (then die earthling die!!!! Philbrick 1). He loves to create adventures. Max is anti-social and does not like to interact or talk until Freak came along.

Max the Mighty is a fictional book written by Rodman Philbrick. Philbrick wrote the book in 1998. Also in 1998, Philbrick wrote Freak the Mighty. “Freak The Mighty has become a standard reading selection in thousands of classrooms worldwide, and now has nearly three million copies in print” (RodmanPhilbrick.com, n. d.). Max who is now on his own since his best friend died met someone named worm after rescuing her from nearly getting beat by her stepfather, and is now in search of her real dad.

One example of when Freak and Max work together was when they were at the festival. Freak was unable to go to the fireworks, but with Max’s protection he was able to go. Not only was Max his protection, Freak was able to see the fireworks when Max lifted him on his shoulders. When they were down by the fireworks, “There are so many people crowded around, all he can see are feet

characters of this story is Max and Kevin. Although Max and Kevin may be good friends, they have

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

First, before Max meets Kevin, or Freak, he doesn’t have any friends. But this all changes when he meets Freak. After spending some time together, they develop a close bond and start helping each other. Their developing friendship is implied in the quote, “They finally had to use ropes to pull me out of there. Freak won’t let go, he stays right there on my shoulders even when a cop in a boat tries to lift him off, and then we’re up on the bank of the pond and everybody’’s being real nice” (39.) This shows that within a small amount of time their growing friendship

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

Freak was there for Max when

Max and Freak are bullied by Tony D. and tries to chase them down. After they run away from Tony, Freak hollers a battle cry. “We’re Freak the Mighty, that’s

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

In the fascinating novel “Freak the Mighty” by Rodman Philbrick The author sets an intriguing tone and mood to develop the characterers.As Philbrick represents his characters Kevin and Max through their countless adventures he builds their trust and relationship back from preschool to jr high.