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    In the book by Rodman Philbrick, “Freak the Mighty”, and the movie,”The Mighty”, starring Kieran Culkin (as Kevin) and Elden Henson (as Max), there are many differences between the two. The book and the movie are both about two boy’s friendship and adventures together. Some of the differences are like Kevin’s death, the ornithopter being flown at the end into the medieval ages with King Arthur’s knights, and the empty book. In the movie, Freak dies in his own home over night,while in the book Freak

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    Freak The Mighty Essay By: Tarun Rajesh The story, Freak The Mighty by Rodman Philbrick has two main characters in the story. One of the characters is Kevin Avery. Kevin lives with his mom named Gwen because Kevin’s dad had passed away. He has Morquio Syndrome which means he has a short life. Kevin always wants to make intelligent inventions that can help Maxwell and Kevin escape from danger. Kevin is a very small kid with physical disabilities. In fact, Kevin is an important character in Freak

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    Freak the Mighty, Max and Kevin demonstrated a strong friendship. In fact, they accepted each other without judgment, and they made each other feel like they belonged. Hence, friendship is important because having a good friend can help you through hard times. Many people agree that trust is needed in a friendship. When Max and Kevin were being chased by Tony D. at the pond, they trusted each other to keep them safe. That is to say, Kevin gave Max directions on where to go, while Max followed and

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    many differences between the book, Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, and the movie, The Mighty, starring Kieran Culkin, Kevin, and Elden Henson, Max. There are many more than the ones I’m about to list but these are just the major ones. Such as the way Max and Kevin meet, when they rescue the purse from the sewer, and Kevin's death. The first difference is how Max and Kevin meet. In the book, Kevin gets his ornithopter stuck in a tree, and Max helps him get it out of the tree. In the movie

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    In the book freak the mighty by Rodman Philbrick give a great example of that. Kevin (Freak), One of the main character in Freak the mighty by Rodman Philbrick is introduced by “this midget kid , crippled like humonroid”. It seemed like he was always had a task every day. Later in the book it reveals that he is a really smart kid who is funny and can do human being stuff like going to school and and he made his own ornithopter. Also later in the book he shows Max where he would be the

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    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

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    something.” - Anonymous. To begin with in the novel Freak The Mighty, the characters Max and Kevin Demonstrated a strong friendship. Most important they accepted each other without judgement and they made each other feel like they belonged. Furthermore friendship is very important because having a good friend can help you through hard times. Many people agree that trust is needed in a friendship. For instance in the book Freak The Mighty, Max and Kevin showed that they trust each other a lot. In one

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    2017 Freak the Mighty Essay Freak The Mighty by Rodman Philbrick.There are many differences between the book and the movie like when the retrieved the purse.Also, Kevin tutors Max in the movie, also the kidnapping scene in the movie and the book.There are many differences between the book and the movie. The retrieval of the purse.In the movie, max went down into the storm drain to retrieve the purse, but in the book, he threw a hook down the drain to retrieve it.In the movie, Max fought Blade and

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    effects and negative effects of bullying? Freak the Mighty is a book were the two main characters deal with bullying. They use their friendship to help each other when they needed it most. Whatever situation they were in the always had each other to see the bright side of things. Through their bullying experiences they show hope, disappointment, and goal setting. Max and Freak are bullied into the pond, they see a hope for a stronger friendship. Max and Freak’s friendship is created stronger by encountering

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    In this essay, I will write to you about the Freak The Mighty novel and Freak The Mighty movie with their similarities and differences. The similarities for the novel and the movie include certain “scenes” contributed in both, likewise that Freak continuously goes over to Max’s house to crawl through the window or slam it to wake up the taller child. Later on in, the book and movie, a scene comes up where both Freak and Max get chased by this wicked gang all the way to the mill-pond. Even though

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