Literary Analysis Of Max And Kevin's 'Freak The Mighty'

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This story is all about a two guys who were friends in kindergarten back 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 going out for a quest and Kevin thought their name Freak the Mighty because they helped each other which was Kevin needs legs and Max needs brain. They became great friends and also they were treating each other like …show more content…
In the story when they were asked their names by the police, Freak has the chance to tell their names, Max states, “Freak is still holding tight to my shoulders and when they ask him for his name, he says, ‘We’re Freak the Mighty, that’s who we are we’re nine feet tall in case you haven’t noticed’” (40). This shows that Max and kevin worked together to become a stronger person and Max was saved Freak from the pond when somebody’s chasing them, Max was became a hero that time. In the story when they went to Loretta 's apartment and on the way home they were stuck on the apartment for a minute because Iggy was rubbing Freak’s head for luck, Max states, “I feel bad for Freak, because he hates it when people try to rub his head for luck, but I don’t say a word, I just run us home, thumping the short way back around the pond, and my big feet never even trip me up because I’m on automatic, I’m this running machine”(72). This also show that Max saves Freak from the people who are wants to rub his head for luck. Max ran home with Freak and he was shocked that he didn’t even tripped

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