A Mighty Heart

white trash who ain’t gots even a thimble of luck.” Clemmy Sue flops on the day bed and says, “Oh jeez, Estelle Louise, stop talkin’ such nonsense. You ought to be knowin’ what my daddy always be sayin’, that the mighty man upstairs ain’t square dancin’ to our calls cause he gots a rhythm all his own. Honey, today be your double nickel birthday and I gots a feelin’ he be filling your thimble full of luck by the end of this here day.” “I do declare, I hope that there be true.” Estelle Louise wiggles and jiggles her three hundred-forty pound, five-foot-six frame out of the rocker, snatches up her pocketbook, and she and Clemmy Sue hasten for the front…

“When you’re up in life, your friends get to know who you are. When you’re down in life, you get to know who your friends are.” -Anonymous. Throughout the entire development of Freak the Mighty, Max and Kevin demonstrate a strong friendship. To illustrate this, they were there for each other in the positive times and the negative times. Therefore, a pleasant friendship accommodates teamwork, trust, and the involvement of having adventures. To begin with, why does trust help compose an…

Though Max and Herman don’t seem to have much in common, they build an unlikely friendship based on their fascination with one another. Max sees Herman as a man who has overcome his underprivileged upbringing and become successful. Herman sees Max as someone who has not lost his passion for life yet. Herman plays the antagonist in the story, he also falls in love with Rosemary, which causes conflict throughout the movie. At the climax of the movie, Max and Herman participate in a sequence of…

Freak the Mighty Essay How is someone able to determine whether a movie or boo is better. Freak the Mighty the book and the movie The Mighty are similar and how they are different. In your own opinion what’s better, the movie or the book. Also, think about the different qualities as you hear differences and comparisons of the movie and the book. When I read a book then watch the movie it is hard for me to tell which one is better, so sometimes you might have to right what you think down and…

The book Freak The Mighty shows courage throughout the book. In the book on the first page Max is bringing himself down and he says,“I never had a brain until Freak came along and let me borrow his for awhile, and that’s the truth the whole truth. (pg.1)” By what he said it’s easy to believe that all Max needs is courage. Also in the book Max is using courage on page 129 Max is using courage when he is telling killer kane that I saw you kill mom. I also believe the book's theme is courage when…

then. Max was a bad guy because he always kick random people when he was little and Freak was the one of the victim of Max. As the time passed away, spring, they met again. Max saw Kevin working with his ornithopter which is mechanical bird. When the bird stucked on a tree branch, Kevin saw Max watching him and Max ran away because he was afraid of Kevin. The time passed, they became friends because Max helps Kevin to get his ornithopter on a tree branch. When they became friends, they always…

In this novel, “Freak the Mighty” Rodman Philbrick uses the literary devices of characterization (what Max does), characterization (what Kevin does), symbolism to reveal the theme of the importance of friendship. One literary device Rodman Philbrick uses to reveal the theme of the importance of friendship is symbolism. In the story when Max and Kevin are watching the firework, and Kevin has his crutch because he can’t walk without it, Max observes “Freak is making a fuss because he can’t see.…

get to know who you are. When you’re down in life, you get to know who your friends are.”-Anonymous. For instance, in the novel Freak the Mighty, Max and Kevin demonstrate a strong friendship. Therefore in the novel, they were constantly there for each other, through the good times and the bad times. For this reason, a great friendship should include teamwork and cooperation, trust, and adventures that can’t ever be forgotten. Why does trust help make an enduring friendship? First, trust is…

Freaky Friday David Andrew Burd is a thirty year old Jewish man from an upper-middle class family who grew up outside of Philadelphia. In the last few years, David has changed his life into that of a rapper who goes by the name Lil Dicky. What initially started as a side hobby quickly became an entire life for David. As Lil Dicky, he moved from the world of advertising into a hybrid field that he sometimes called “comedy-rap.” When he initially started his artistic work, Lil Dicky wanted to…

The theme of the novel Freak the Mighty, by Rodman Philbrick is “two is stronger than one.” In this novel, two friends Freak (Kevin) and Max go through a journey of friendship, discovering exactly how far their bond can be pushed. The first time this theme is seen is when Freak and Max defeated Blade, a gang leader, using teamwork. The first example from the text is, “Finally, I get so that I’m facing back at the shore and there’s Blade, just his head above the water, and he looks all white…