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    different people and introduce yourself. The kids find you too different to be their friend. They start shouting out an insult one after another. When you see them in the hallway they yell”Freak!” You ignore them and keep moving, but you are still hurt. What would you do if you were called “Freak?” Freak the Mighty is a delightful story. It fills the heart with joy and sorrow. There are very happy times, but to go along with the happy ones….there is always the sad ones. The story invites the readers

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    Anonymous. In the novel and most of all Freak the Mighty Max and Kevin demonstrated a strong friendship. And then they accept each other without judgement, and they made each other feel like they belonged. Also friendship important, because having a good friend can help get you through hard times. Many people agree that trust is needed in a friendship. In the novel Max and Freak had to trust each other to escape from Tony D. in the pond. Freak gave directions to Max to go towards the

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    heard the quote “Don’t judge a book by its cover” well, that's what everyone thought of Maxwell Kane in the book Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick. Everyone knew him as a big kid and the son of the most famous murderer, Kenny Kane. As the son of a murderer everyone was afraid of him, but like I said before, don’t judge a book by its cover. But everyone did that to Max, just about until Freak came along and made people think of Max in a new way. The character Iggy Lee is first described as a “Big

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    In Rodman Philbrick’s “Freak the Mighty”, it shows the main character Max Kaine and his friend Kevin Avery are pictured as social outcasts. This is because Max is looked at like his father who has a reputation for crime, also Max is quite big for his age and not looked at as intelligent. Kevin on the other hand is nearly a exact opposite he has been cursed with a horrible case of dwarfism but has a gifted mind, of quite possibly a genius. Max and Kevin made their world better because they showed

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    caring person, but you are too judgmental to see through their clothing or hairstyle and avoid them. But it isn't there fault to be avoided, it is your fault and you should try to recognize when you do this and get out of your comfort zone. In Freak The Mighty by Rodman Philbrick it has you judging characters but seeing them as different people. Loretta Lee is first described as a, “scrawny yellow-haired woman with small hard eyes and blurry red lips.”If we judge her based on her appearance, then

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    The book Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick is about two young boys, Max, who is extremely tall and believes he is not smart, and Freak- his real name is Kevin- who is extremely smart but has a disability or disease that makes him unable to walk or grow. They become great friends and go on many adventures. The book The Outcasts of 19th Schuyler Place is about a girl named Margaret, and her long journey to save three towers her uncles had handmade for 45 years, and she begins at a camp because her

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    3:00 in the morning. Mighty and i met up together at 3. I told mighty make sure to bring the flashlight so we could see . When we met up we had on a all black outfit. Mighty had a hat that covered his eyes so nobody would notice who he was. I had on all black with dirt on my face to hide my identity . Mighty and I started running through the streets looking for the sewers, to find what Tony D dropped . “Maybe it was money “ freak said . “ Maybe it was something dumb” mighty said . But we had to

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    the yard of the house. Freak the Mighty, by Rodman Philbrick, is a book about two young boys, Freak (Kevin) and Max. Max is a tall, strong boy who is not very smart. Freak is a smart boy who has a disability that leads him to not being able to walk, and he cannot grow either. They become great friends and take on many adventures together. In both Freak the Mighty, and The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, the authors explore the topic of bullying, such

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    There are many differences and similarities throughout the book and movie, but with all the differences I prefer the book. Similarities consist of the emphasis on King Arthur, Max being smart, and Kenny Kane not being who he says he is. Both the book and showed or made you think about think about King Arthur because Kevin was always talking about him and his knights. Plus they were always slaying dragons, rescuing fair maidens, and searching for treasure. Also, Max claimed he wasn’t smart in both

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    I was given was on how you should never judge a book by its cover In most movies we see saw the jocks always judge the nerd, but in the end he or she becomes more popular, the point is to don’t think about someone based how they look. Like in freak the mighty it tells me that Max didn’t think much of Kevin like when he speaks out of a dictionary. But they become best friends because max gave him a chance. The character Iggy Lee is cited as tough and commanding. For example, when he says ‘‘come

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