Differences Between Freak The Mighty

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“I never had a brain until Freak came along and let me borrow his for a while, and that’s the truth, the whole truth. The title of the book is Freak the Mighty. Later after that, they made a movie called, The Mighty. The Mighty was created in 1998. The two characters in the book and the movie are, Kevin and Max. The three major differences between the book and the movie are, how Freak and Max’s friendship develops, how they became Freak the Mighty, and Freak’s death and illness. There are many differences between the movie and the book about the friendship of Max and Freak. Therefore, Freak and Max meet when Freak is Max’s tutor. In the book, they meet in a daycare. However, in the movie, Kevin has to pay Max to go see the fireworks.

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