...Long Write- Freak the Mighty Chapters 15-18 In Rodman Philbrick’s Freak the Mighty, Max, a dyslexic boy, is constantly told about the troubles and bad deeds of his father. As news spreads out the Killer Kane is on parole, the tension is weighing down on Max, Grim and Gram, and the rest of the neighborhood. It was if they could feel his presence lingering every day, every step. The one night, Killer Kane decides to pay a visit to his son and set him straight on the truth. With his terrible path behind him, it is awfully hard to believe that Kenny Kane is a changed man. From the moment that he breaks into Max’s house, he feels the need for every step and movement to tell his son that his whole life was taken away from him, that all of Max’s knowledge about his father were all lies: “It’s time I got to know my own son, who had his mind poisoned against me”(100). Kane is determined to prove to Max that he has done nothing wrong, and that his whole 13 year existence was a lie: “I know what they told you.. It’s all a big lie, do you understand?”(101). Everything that people told Max was fed to him, with no facts. He insists that he has done nothing wrong and all of Max’s “evidence” is fake and was biased just because of his...
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...nice smart boy because he has good grades and usually helps his teachers and our parents when they ask. But most of the time, that’s not him. At home he’s really annoying and loud when playing on the PS4 with his friends by yelling and laughing all the time. He is not very kind to our little sisters always teasing them and distracting them while they’re trying to work. Even though that is an example of something that looks good but is actually bad, there are also situations where it’s bad but is actually good. Rodman Philbrick gives multiple great example of this in his book Freak the Mighty. Max, one of the main characters from Freak the Mighty, is introduced as “a stupid butthead” who is “growing about an inch a day” and who thinks of himself as unable to learn and too stupid for school. But when he meets Freak, he starts to learn more than he thought he could.Freak teaches him how to read, do math, and many more things he wouldn’t be able to do if it weren't for Freak. At the end of the story Max says, “And now that I’ve written a book, I might even read a few.” which shows that he...
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...According to “grandparents.com,” 6.2 million or 5.3% of all U.S. households with grandparents live under the same roof as their grandkids. In this case, Max is living with Grim, his grandpa, in Rodman Philbrick’s Freak the Mighty. Grim has changed all throughout the book. Kenny Kane the killer has got him more protective over Max. For example, wanting to get a gun and putting a restraining order against Kenny Kane. In the beginning of the novel, Grim was not very fond of Max and was scared of him. For instance, in chapter 2, Max thinks that his grandpa “... has it fixed in his head I’m at a dangerous age and they need to keep me under observation,” (5). This quote explains that Grim is scared that Max will grow up like his dad. For example,...
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...The Adventures of Max and Kevin Freak the Mighty, by Rodman Philbrick is a story about two kids named Max and Kevin that became best friends. In the story you can see how their friendship develops, fear is created, and how Max gets closer to his family. Max and Kevin go on lots of crazy adventures and run into lots of problems. Both of them have a main problem to solve themselves before it’s too late. Many behaviors are shown by Freak the Mighty from their past, and now the present. Kevin and Max slowly developed a friendship throughout the story. On the Fourth of July, Freak couldn’t see the fireworks so Max put Freak on his shoulders. Another example is Kevin took Max on a lot of crazy adventures, to the hospitals, sewers, and they went...
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...Freak the Mighty and The Mighty Compare and Contrast Hook? The book Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick is about two boys named Kevin and Max. Kevin has a disease known as Morquio Syndrome which causes him to die at a relatively young age. Also he is unable to participate in most physical activates with his friends, so he stays inside most of the time and reads his books. He especially enjoys the book King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, so he makes many references and allusions to it. Max’s father is a criminal who is in prison, but he breaks out and kidnaps Max. The book Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick was better than the movie The Mighty which was based on the book Freak the Mighty for these three reasons; the suspense,...
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...Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick is a story of a special friendship between 2 boys.The movie adaption, The Mighty stars Kieran Culkin who plays Kevin and Elden Henson who plays Max. There was a lot of differences between the book and movie such as the daycare scene, the purse episode, and Freak’s death. In the book, the readers are told that they met in daycare when they were young. Also in the daycare scene, it said how Freak got his name and why Max liked Freak because he looked like a robot. But in the movie Freak and Max met when Freak in the backyard and Freak was flying his ornithopter. And then Freak yelling a Max because he was watching him. And in the book, they reunited by Freak moving next door and Max watching Freak behind...
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...Friendship seems to be a big deal in this story. Kids and adults frequently need friends to help each other succeed in life or sometimes parents. People have shown that having friends helps you find work and be more happy, productive, and competitive in life and school. The need of friendship became so important that the verb “ bff ” was invented as a shorter way of saying “best friend forever.” In this story “Freak the Mighty,” by Rodman Philbrick. The main character, a boy named Max Kane, discovers a value of friendship when he meets a smart kid named Kevin Avery. The story shows the goodness that friendship can have. One theme developed in “Freak the Mighty” is that you can achieve more when you work together. If it wasn't for...
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...In the book, “Freak the Mighty” by Rodman Philbrick introduces how not everyone's the same and we have to respect that. We judge people based on their looks, in view of looking at little differences than everyone else around you. Another reason is that we don’t realize what they have been through, or what their background is like. This theme is something I can relate to because when Mrs. Murch was NOT pregnant at the time, I thought she was. Although I said nothing, we later on identified that she’s having her fourth child! I’m delighted with myself that I did not make any rude or hurtful comments to her face, nor behind her back without knowing the real situation. Nonetheless, it is disrespectful to judge anyone without knowing what they have been through or their personality. I am introducing this character as the mentor because he helps max until the end. His name is Kevin (freak). Kevin likes to play pretend, “I’m a robot man…”, he is also very intelligent. Kevin has developed a remarkable amount of knowledge such as, “When do we eat? My fuel cells are depleted.” His personally is boundless, very ambitious,...
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...Has anyone ever told you not to judge a book by it’s cover? Well it's true, appearances can be deceiving - just ask Max! In the novel “Freak the Mighty” author Rodman Philbrick demonstrates that the challenges that come with a bad reputation and overwhelming appearance can be overcome by one's positive traits: being loyal, capable, and gentle. Loyalty is one of the qualities demonstrated by Max. An example of Max being loyal is when Tony D. was chasing Freak and Max, Max put Freak on his shoulders and ran to protect him. In this instance Max indicates that he thought of others before himself. “Now I'm running at a full gallop, weaving through the crowd, and I don't even need to look back, all I have to do is follow the way Freak is kicking...
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...Freak The Mighty is a novel by Rodman Philbrick, about two friends and their adventures together. Another book, The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, is a novel by E.L. Konigsburg, about a girl named Margaret Rose Kane and how she protects the towers that her uncles made. She protects the towers because she loves them a lot. Max, the main character in Freak The Mighty and Margaret, the main character in The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, navigate their relationships with others and find acceptance in their communities in different ways. In Freak The Mighty, Max navigates his relationship with Kevin, a kid who is smart, but he is small by first starting off thinking that Kevin is weird because he “pulls the trigger on that crutch and makes a weapon noise, and he goes, ‘Then die, earthling, die!’” (Freak The Mighty 9)....
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...“Freak The Mighty” is a mood twisting book that will make your emotions go crazy. The two main characters are Maxwell Kane and Kevin Dillon. Recently, I have read the book “Freak The Mighty” by Rodman Philbrick, also I have watched the movie “The Mighty”. There were a lot of similarities and differences. Concluding that I have chose to like the book numerous. One similarity that I noticed was that Max and Freak go on several quests or missions. Also a few were hiking to the Medical Research Building, retrieving a purse out of the sewer, and returning a purse to it’s rightful owner. There are several more that took place. The first quest that Max and Freak went on was when Freak asked Max to take him to see fireworks at the County Fair. After that day those two knew that they would be friends forever. Another...
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...Effects of the Past It is said that finding who you really are is the ultimate freedom. It is extremely easy to believe in a mistaken identity, and to feel accused of something you have never done. Although, life involves many arrays of experiences such as thoughts, emotions, events and people. Max, on the other hand, has to remember that his negative past doesn't define him as a person and that he has to stay true to himself. The novel Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick explains how two completely different people, named Maxwell and Kevin, find each other and slowly create a strong bond that helps them with many adventures and helps Max get through his lonely and isolated world. Effects of the past can negatively impact someone's life and are often blamed on others. This is clearly shown as he gets called the “Kicker” in nursery school, spends time in the “Down under”, and gets compared to his father, “Killer Kane”....
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...Philbrick used repetition to set up how strong “Killer Kane” was and it also set up for someone to stop “Killer Kane”, therefore Philbrick’s repetition creates some foreshadowing. When freak says that “You don’t need a time machine if you know how to remember” (142). In this sentence Philbrick means that you don’t need a time machine to review history, all you really need is an education about history and some imagination. The theme of Freak the Mighty is that everyone has strengths and weaknesses despite differences. This is showed in chapter 22 when Kevin gets his birthday present, “He’s showing Grim how to play 3-D chess, and just watching that makes me dizzy, so after a while I go out to the kitchen and help clean up, which is something I’m good at” (145). In this sentence Philbrick shows how different Kevin and Max are and yet they are still friends. A friendship benefits from having friends with different talents, so you can learn new skills and combine...
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