Compare And Contrast: The Mighty And Freak The Mighty

Decent Essays
I think that The Mighty and Freak The Mighty had some differences but they also had some similarities. One of the similarities was that they both had the same characters, and one of the differences was that not all of the scenes were shown in the movie that was in the book. Also, there are some differences about how reading it than watching it like when you read the book it's a little bit more detailed and when you watch the movie they take out a lot of parts that are in the book.
I'm going to talk about the scenes, in the movie it showed that Freak wanted to do gym and then the principal did not let Freak do gym but his mother convinced the principal to let Freak join the gym. That scene was not in the book and there were other scenes that

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    In every single piece of literature ever created there is a theme or a central idea created. Without a theme, there is no order in a story. Without a theme, it isn’t possible to concoct a solid story worthy of praise. In Freak the Mighty, or any other literary work, in fact, the main question a reader should have in their mind is, “What is the main idea, the theme, of the story?” You should believe the theme in this novel is, you are more than what people think of you, don’t judge a book by its cover. Kevin was physically disabled, Max lent his body to his brother in arms. Max was disabled mentally for being the son of a homicidal maniac, Kevin helped his friend by showing that a bloodline doesn’t determine your destiny. This book shows a realistic fictional example proving that one friend can impact your entire life in bigger ways than you could’ve ever imagined.…

    • 691 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Although the book and the movie can be arguably similar if generalized, there are many differences that may change the way a reader/viewer may grasp the concept of the story. Since a movie and book cannot be exactly the same, the film version is bound to have things that differ from the text.…

    • 419 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Then when Johnny gets back Pony complains about cutting his hair and does not like it when sees himself in the mirror and then he cuts Johnny’s hair. Then in the book Pony was smoking a lot more than Johnny and in the movie Johnny was smoking more than Pony. In both they played cards and read gone with the wind. Then Dally comes and wakes them up and the go to Dairy Queen. Then In the book they get ice cream and leave and in the movie then get ice cream and Dally shows them his gun and then Dally quickly hides it when a girl asks for money and he shoos her away. In both Johnny says he wants to turn himself in and Dally says “no.” Then they go to the church. At the church when they get there they see a fire and the Teacher says they are missing some kids and then they hear them in the church and Pony and Johnny ran into the church to save them. They knock down the window and throw the kids out the window to Dally. In the book Johnny pushes Pony out, however in the Movie Johnny doesn’t push him out. In both Dally hits, Pony and knocks him out to get the fire off of him. On the way to the hospital Pony wakes up and says he is a Greaser and that the cops want him but the teacher doesn’t believe him. Then at the hospital Dally and Johnny goes by him. Then Darry and Soda come. In the Book all the reporters come and are there for a while and in the movie you never see…

    • 1734 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In the beginning of the novel, S.E. Hinton wrote about Ponyboy as walking from the movies and comparing himself with Paul Newman. But in the film, he began with Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally walking to the movies. The next difference from the beginning of the story was when Cherry asked Pony to go with her to buy some popcorn and drinks for the rest as in Johnny, Marcie, and the other two socs which also was a difference because those socs didn’t appear to talk to Cherry and Marcie. Next difference was inside the store to buy snacks and drinks there was happing an argument which wasn’t in the book as well. Third, difference was when Pony and Johnny were leaving to take Johnny to his house and both of them saw Johnny’s parents arguing. Which didn’t happen in the book, in the book Ponyboy and Johnny were at the lot before going to their houses.…

    • 767 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    There are a lot of similarities in the story and the movie. But in conclusion there is some difference in the two also. As you can see not every story or movie come out the same between each other. In the next two paragraphs I will be talking about the contrast between the two. In the story Freak the Mighty Max and Freak lived across the street…

    • 546 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    The greatest difference that shows between the movie and the book is the different moods between the…

    • 1289 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Superior Essays

    They might also claim that the major and underlying theme remained the same throughout both stories. However, the minor details and character development is what makes this book unique. The storyline was the same in the book and movie, but the different characters emotions and physical looks help the story to progress and are vital to the underlying theme, uniqueness, and story of The…

    • 1204 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The movie and the book take place in different times. In the movie it takes place in the 80s. You…

    • 381 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The beginnings of the novel and the movie were quite different. In the book he was walking out of the dark movie theater alone, he had two things on his mind Paul Newman and a ride home. As for in the movie, it started off he was writing, he stepped out of the theater. The book also began easier to understand, you knew immediately who some of the characters are and like. In the movie, it was hard to know who each person was till further into the movie . The beginning off the movie began were Ponyboy was meeting Cherry Valance a Soc, but in the book Ponyboy didn’t meet Cherry till the second chapter.…

    • 461 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Many books have been made into movies, and people tend to notice that the movies do not highlight certain details that the books do. In A Separate Peace, there were many differences between the book in the movie, like Gene’s visit to Devon, the character relationships, and the different perspective of the movie.…

    • 332 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Freak the Mighty, a book now recommended to classrooms around the world, is written by Rodman Philbrick, and takes place in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Maxwell is the main character, and the book is mostly about what he is remembering. Max is both dyslexic and illiterate, but is rather tall and strong for his age. Kevin, the other main character, suffers from Morquio Syndrome, a ridiculously rare and also rather dangerous form of dwarfism (earning him the nickname “Freak”, due to his bell-shaped chest and small height), although is very intelligent and is never afraid to display such knowledge. Kevin cannot walk very easily without assistance, but can crawl on all fours rather quickly.…

    • 362 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Freak the Mighty the book by Rodman Philbrick has many similarities with the movie. One similarity between the two is the way that Freak and Max were still both very close friends. The two of them show that Max and Freak are neighbors. Another way the book and the movie were similar was that…

    • 685 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    To start, The first comparable scene is when The greasers and socs lined up getting ready for the rumble. They met at the empty lot where the greasers and hoods met and the socs came in 4 car loads of socs. In the movie and in the book I heard that they were both talking smack and getting ready for the rumble. In the movie and the book I visioned and saw the greasers and the socs coming to the rumble and getting lined up in the empty lot getting ready. In the book It said there was no fire and I visioned no fire but in the movie there was a fire in the background. In the movie I saw trees in the background and they were playing dramatic music but in the book there was no trees and no music in the background. The movie was more effective during this scene because I got to see and vision what was going on so I understood it more.…

    • 511 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    To start, the first comparable scene is when Dally joined the rumble. Two similarities of the book and the movie were that Paul and Darry where the heads of the Greasers and the Socs. Everyone looked back at Dally when he joined the rumble. Two differences of the book and the movie were Dally said something different when he joined the rumble in the movie than the book. There was more…

    • 373 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In the The Outsiders book and movie, many similarities and differences can be noted. Some are very noticeable, and others are not as much. Some main events in the book were left out of the movie, and little sentences from the book are entire scenes in the movie. Since certain scenes were left out from the movie that were in the book, the significant aspects and symbolism that were connected to them were also left out. Although some scenes did not have as much importance as others, the absence of them left a gap in the story line.…

    • 689 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays