Similarities Between Ewbo And Freak The Mighty

In Freak The Mighty, the protagonist is Max Kane. He is an outcast. He never had many friends. He’s big, tall, and most of all, he looks just like his father. Looking like his dad was not a good thing, though. His father, Kenny Kane, or Killer Kane was in jail for life for murder. Then, Freak (Kevin) came along. He moved into an apartment right down the street. Ever since then, they’ve been best buddies. They went on adventures, Freak riding high on Max’s shoulders. This is when they were “Freak the Mighty”. Then, one day at school, Kevin was eating too fast, and he began to choke. Everyone was afraid he was going to die. He was rushed to the hospital. He ended up being okay, but a year later, tragedy really did occur. On his birthday, he just wasn’t acting right. That night he wound up having a seizure. This time he had to be

At age two, Max’s Father was shot. When he was nine, his mother became broke, so his mother and him moved into his Uncle’s house with his six cousins. Then, when Max was thirteen, his Uncle died. After his Uncles death, Max decided that he did not want to die a meaningless death. Max wanted his life to have a purpose. He then began fist fighting. But his fist fighting career came to an end when the Nazi Party’s hate towards Jews took over the people’s minds rapidly. Soon, Max had to go into hiding. Max had felt guilty and selfish for going

She's scared of me.” This is the reaction of Fair Gwen when she sees Max, if you just see the physical appearance of Max, you would think that he wouldn’t care about what other people think of him. However, once Max thought he knew Fair Gwen was scared of him, it stuck in his mind. This shows that Max might have a tough exterior, but a fragile interior. He cares about what other people think of him, even if they’re somewhat strangers. Max lacks self-confidence and is very timid. The text shows, “I never had a brain until Freak came along and let me borrow his for a while, arid that's the truth, the whole truth.” Max clearly says that he wasn’t smart until he met Kevin. Therefore, he had self-esteem issues, but when Kevin came along, everything changed. Kevin helped Max become who he is, and because of this the plot unfolds.

This is fueled by, not only the changing emotions that teenagers typically endure, but also by the death of his stepfather, whom he saw as his own father. After his death, James cannot bear to see his mother suffer, for she no longer knows how to control the dynamics of the family and "wandered in an emotional stupor for nearly a year." James instead turns to alcohol and drugs, dropping out of school to play music and go around with his friends, which James refers to as "my own process of running, emotionally disconnecting myself from her, as if by doing to I could keep her suffering from touching me." Instead of turning to his family and becoming "the king in the house, the oldest kid," James "spent as much time away from home as possible… absolve[ing] [himself] of all responsibility…" As a result, Ruth sends James to live with his older half sister and her husband, in an attempt to straighten her out her son's life. James distracts himself with the life he found there, spending the summers on a street corner with his half sister's husband, Big Richard, whom he adores, and the unique men that frequented the area. During these summers, James discovers "[He] could hide. No one knew [him]. No one knew [his] past, [his] white mother, [his] dead father, nothing. It was perfect. [His] problems seemed far, far away." Instead of facing the realities of loss and anger in his family, James seeks distractions

Max is a scared character because when someone bullies him or blames him, he doesn’t have the

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!”’

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

If we were to judge him solely on his appearance, we might assume that he is just like his father because in photos even Max can see that he looks just like Kenny kane, you might assume that Max is mean but really he doesn’t turn out to be, he is just quiet.. In fact, when we first see him, we see that he doesn't really defend himself from anybody, for example Tony D. we first see Tony d. messing with max in the beginning and Max just stays quiet and doesn’t tell Tony D. off. This shows that he is not one to really ever put up a fight with anybody. Maxwell also shows that he cares for Freak when he tells Freak to slow down on his eating because he doesn’t want Freak to choke. This shows that Max does care for people and isn’t what everyone pegs him to be. However, later we see him yell at his dad on page 128 “I saw you kill her! I saw you kill mom!” in defense for Loretta because his father is choking her. This confirm/refutes our initial judgment by showing that Maxwell is caring, he is not mean to people he is just quiet and he is certainly not like his father because even gram says that Max has his mother’s

Max will stop at nothing to please the woman he likes, Miss Cross. Max once tried to build an aquarium in the middle of the baseball diamond at his high school after he learned Miss Cross had a mini fish bowl in her classroom. Unexpectedly to Max, a man he once admired, Mr. Blume and Miss Cross were eventually in love and Max didn’t know how to properly handle himself after the incident. One time we see Max trying to handle the change is when he learns Miss Cross is in love with Mr. Blume and not him and in this max response when it says, “Mr. Blume pulls into the driveway to pick-up the twins from school. There is a lot of traffic and kids are running around everywhere. Mr. Blume taps the brakes. Nothing happens. He flies toward the back of a parked station wagon” (Rushmore). Mr. Blume tries to break his car to park but realizes he cannot because his brakes have been cut, this coming after the scene cuts from Max cutting Mr. Blumes tires. This shows how dangerous Max can be when he is dealt with an occasion like this. He could have killed him from this incident. As seen, Max is a violent person when it comes to dealing with change. Another time we seen Max having to deal with change is when he gets kicked out of his beloved high school, Rushmore. He is kicked out for reasons including bad grades, and the incidents with Miss Cross. We see how Max reacts to this when he is talking to

In the story, Freak and Max become like brothers by how they act toward one another as if they are family. On page 40 Freak states, ‘“We are Freak the Mighty, that’s who we are. We’re nine feet tall, in case you have not noticed’”(Philbrick 40). That statement shows that Freak and Max have a strong bond and they are proud of being friends. Then, on page 87 Max says, ‘“I swear on the dictionary if Freak ever tries to eat Chop Suey again, I’ll dump it on his head or something”’(Philbrick 87). That statement proves to the reader that Max cares for Freak and will do whatever it takes to protect him. Finally, on page 157 Max says to the

James Farmer Jr. is arguably a very insecure individual, although, as the film progresses his confidence does as well. To begin, James stood up against his father when his father made inaccurate assumptions about him. For instance, when James came home late at night, his father thought that he had been out with a girl and drinking. He used to be a nervous child who would just listen and apologize to his father right away. However, progression is shown in James’ character when he decides to protest against his father’s false accusations. He displayed a lot of emotion to get his message across as he showed tears and even raised his voice. Evidently, James shows that he now has a voice as he now decides to go against his father’s wrong claims. He believes that he needs to stand up for himself as a result of

because he is always there for Freek. For example, one day Freak was playing in his backyard and he got his ornithopter stuck in the tree. Max went to Freaks house and got the ornithopter for him (page 12). As well as when Max and Freak go to the fireworks alone. Freak is to short to see the fireworks with everyone standing around him, specifically on page 32 Max says “so I just sort of reach down without thinking and pick up Freak and set him on my shoulders.” This proves that Max can be very thoughtful without even thinking in ways that he doesn’t even know. Lastly, when Freak asks Max to go out at 3 in the morning to go digging in a sewer pipe, Max agrees, even though he doesn’t

The day before the death of the narrator he begins to pen the mishap that occurred before then. The narrator talks about all his precious animals and the fact that he would never mistreat them. He was peculiarly fond of his black cat Pluto. Though his wife thought that all black cats were secretly witches. This fondness of animals started grew with him as he started to become a man. The narrator had a tenderhearted with his animals, expressly Pluto. However, he's kind heartedness takes away for his manly hood. "I not only neglected, but ill-used them". The narrator kill all his animals and his wife except the second cat with the white bully.

Even between these three movies that I have selected, there are many similarities and difference between the mother-daughter relationships. At some point, all the mothers and daughters in each movie had to step into each other's shoes (literally in the case of Freaky Friday) and had to analyze exactly what was going on from each other perception. Without understanding where the other person was coming from, the relationship would still be strained. As mentioned in the website article "Exploring (S)mothering in Terms of Endearment", "Aurora attempts to get her own needs met through her daughter, and therefore is not attuned to Emma’s needs. She also tends to be smothering and invasive. Emma has taken on aspects of the parental role, which robs

Max is the mad man who is haunted by hallucinations of his past. He originally tries to escape, but is captured and is used as a blood bag for the war boys. His role as a blood bag for Nux later evolves after the vehicle they are in crashes during a storm which allows him to break free and eventually meet and gain Furiousa and the wives trust. Max is another protagonist, but he only maintains one goal for most of the movie and that was to escape a past, but once he is free and decides not to leave with