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    In the story Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, there is multiple tones and moods throughout chapters 6 and 7. In these chapters both characters Freak and Max begin to have different tones and moods throughout the story. Max and Freak met in day care as babies and reunited in middle school. These characters start to gain complex feeling for each other and soon start to gain a relationship. In chapter 6, while Tony D and his gang stands in front of Max and Freak, Max has a strong mood of fear

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    Catie Giffen 3rd draft E.L.A 7.1 11/6/14 Freak the Mighty Leo Buscaglia says "A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world." In the book Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, Max is the main character who has a single friend, Kevin. Kevin is the other main character and Max is his whole world. This is a story, about an unlikely friendship between two boys who are outcasts. Their friendship begins when Kevin first

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    Throughout the novel Freak the Mighty, author Rodman Philbrick creates conflicts which teaches the characters how lying is never beneficial. When Kevin, better known as Freak, receives the news that he will have a shortened life because of his birth defects, he lies to himself as well as one of the other main characters, Max. Kenny Kane, or “Killer Kane”, does not accept the fact that he murdered Max’s mother, so he tells himself that he had not. Additionally, Max’s grandfather, “Grim”, only wants

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    Throughout the novel, Freak the Mighty, author Rodman Philbrick brings the two main characters, Max and Kevin nicknamed “Freak”, together through friendship between two completely different people. The two friends friendship made both Kevin and Max stronger in their own ways; whether it be Max and his self confidence or Kevin with his size. The friendship they had changed both the main characters and others around them for the better in the end. Friendship also taught them how to treat one another

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    Olivia Henry Mrs Belcher Period 5 November 15, 2017 Analyst of “Freak the Mighty” Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick is the story of a special friendship between two boys.The movie version titled “the Mighty” stars Kieran Culkin(Kevin) & Elden Henson(Maxwell) & is a good visual repetition of their adventure. They meet differently and the ornithopter is used in a different way they also show Kevin’s journey to save Max. They deleted the part where Kevin calls Max earthing. They added where Max

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    The book Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick is about two boys named Kevin and Max. Neither one of these boys are exactly normal, “freak” (a.k.a Kevin) is physically handicapped and was diagnosed with Morquio Syndrome. Freak is abnormally short but extremely smart. On the other hand, we have Max. Max is extremely tall, but he has LD (Learning Disorder) where he has trouble with reading and writing. Max describes himself as a “butthead” where he says “I never really had a brain until Freak came

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    not there with you. To begin the book Freak the Mighty, written by Rodman Philbrick, is about the friendship between two boys who both have disabilities. Max being one with a learning disability and Kevin being the other with a disease of morquio syndrome. Throughout the book it shows us the adventures and the challenges that Max and Freak go on and face together. In the fiction book Freak the Mighty, written by Rodman Philbrick, two themes showed. The first one being friendship works best when

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    Peter Chelsom, has Max and Freak meet when Max needs a tutor and Freak can do the job. This is how Max and Freak’s friendship starts, however in the book it happens differently. In the book, Freak the Mighty, the author, Rodman Philbrick, states, “‘Identify yourself, earthing.’”(Philbrick 8). This is the first time Max and Freak ever speak to each other and in the movie this scene never happens. The director chose to change this scene because in the book

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    Freak the Mighty The story Freak the Mighty by: Rodman philbrick shows a friendship between two boys that change completely as the story develops. The two characters change as they know each other better. One main character is Maxwell Kane. Max lives with his grandparents, his mom died, and his dad is in jail. Before he met Kevin, the person that changed his life, he thought he was dumb, and had no friends. In fact,Max is an important character in the book Freak the Mighty, because his caring heart

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    Freak The Mighty by Rodman Philbrick is the story of a special friendship between two boys. The movie adaptation titles The Mighty stars Kieran Culkin and Elden Henson. There are many differences between the book and the movie such as the mill pond scene, the use of the ornithopter, and freaks death. The first difference is the mill pond scene. The difference between the book and the movie with this scene is, when Maxwell and Kevin (Freak) are going into the pond and Tony D was running into the

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