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    The theme of the book Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick is, “The things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect” -J.K. Rowling. The book, Freak the Mighty is about how two 12 year old boys find friendship in their uniqueness and bond together in this adventure of misfits and acceptance. One piece of evidence that suggests my theme is that when Max’s grandparents found that Max saved Freak, they started treating him like he wasn’t just their grandson

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    In the novel Freak The Mighty by Rodman Philbrick Max and Freak, two very different people, become friends over the course of the book solving many problems a long the way. Max and Kevin are both very similar but also quite different. They have similar problems in there life's but handle them differently. Such as there family problems and disabilities. One of the similarities that these two characters share is that they both have disabilities that make life harder for them. Kevin, or Freak has a

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    In the story Freak the Mighty, by Rodman Philbrick is a story about two boys named Kevin and Maxwell and their escapade. There are many contrastive scenes like Kevin and Maxwell are helping each other. The use of the ornithopter. How Freak dies at the end. There are many differences between the movie and the book. Kevin and Maxwell are helping each other in different ways is the first reason. In the narrative, Kevin and Maxwell are only helpful to each other by having Kevin being the brain and Maxwell

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    The book I’ll be using for my essay is Freak the Mighty, by Rodman Philbrick. The two main characters of this story is Max and Kevin. Although Max and Kevin may be good friends, they have similarities and differences that make them unique. Some similarities Max and Kevin has is that they both are 7th graders, they are kind, and they like going on adventures. Kevin from Freak the Mighty is a very smart, brave, and strong character. A time when Kevin used his braveness was when he dealed with

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    Set in Michigan, Freak the Mighty, written by Rodman Philbrick is a realistic novel told from the perspective of one of the main characters Max. Max is a teenage boy who has special needs and no friends. Kevin a.k.a. Freak is the other main character. Kevin has a life threatening disease were his organs grow faster than his body .Michigan is similar to Detroit and Lansing because they are both urban environment I think the setting takes place in a city more like Lansing .Since it's economy is decent

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    smart and nice so I started hanging out with her and even had a few of my friends became her friends to.The main idea of this essay is to not judge a book by its cover just like max didn’t judge freak by his appearance in “freak the mighty” by Rodman Philbrick The character of Max is first described as huge well bigger than other kids

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    Rodman Philbrick's Freak The Mighty is about a tall twelve-year old boy named Maxwell Kane, who is a learning disabled and lives with his grandparents after his father, went to jail. He was always getting bullied at school. He had no friends. Until one day, a boy who had a small body for his age had an ornithopter (an aircraft that flaps its wings) that was stuck in a tree. Maxwell got the ornithopter from the tree and returned it to the little boy. He introduced himself as Kevin but Maxwell thought

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    An illustration of altruism was when Max put Freak on his shoulders. Numerous times in the book Freak the Mighty, Max puts Freak on his shoulders and they get-up-and-go on “adventures”. The two would fight bullies with Maxes size and Freaks non-floccinaucinihilipilification brain and reacquire abducted purses. Max was so adjoined with Freak, Freak salvaged Max's life. What happens was Max was kidnapped by Killer Kane and Mr.Kane was choking Loretta and Max started screaming “I saw you do it, I saw

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    “You can remember anything, whether it happened or not…”. This is a quote repeated throughout the novel: Freak the Mighty for a reason. Freak the Mighty is a bittersweet, heartwarming, and melancholy story about two boys who find friendship by helping each other to accept their differences. Kevin Avery, also known as “Freak”, is a child suffering from Morquio syndrome; he becomes friends with a boy named Maxwell Kane, who possesses a learning disability, and is “bursting out of his shoes”,Accordingly

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    There are a lot of differences and similarities between Freak the Mighty book and movie. When Max storms off, Freak follows him and and talks about the surgery. Freak starts talking about this place where he is going to get bionic body and Max believes him. Towards the end of the book and after freak dies he runs to the factory and he doesn't break the glass to try to get in instead he opens the door and walks around before crying and then he realizes that Freak was lying to him and finds out that

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