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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 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…

Have you ever felt like the underdog? Have you been treated like you were less than a person? Well take a lesson or two from Freak the Mighty. Our main characters, Max and Kevin, are a dynamic duo. We have Max, the Mighty, who is considered to be stupid and a strong youth that is going to turn out to be...eek, eek...his father, Killer Kenny Kane. We also have Kevin, Freak, the uber smart, crippled kid that moves in next door to Max at the beginning of their eighth grade year of school. Due…

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…

Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick is about two boys named Max and Kevin who lives next door to each other and become best friends. Max, who lives with his grandparents, Grim and Gram, has a learning disability. Kevin who lives with his mother, "The Fair Gwen of Air" has a physical disability. A new neighbor moves to the neighborhood. It was a boy named Kevin and his mother Gwen. He calls her “The Fair Gwen of Air”. Kevin is Max’s tutor at school. Kevin is a very smart boy and teaches Max…

The critically acclaimed show Freaks and Geeks is a shining example of a TV show that ended far too early. Freaks and Geeks was a show that captured the awkwardness of adolescence, as opposed to the romanticized and nostalgic view typically portrayed on TV. Shortly after Freaks and Geeks ended, a spiritual successor arose in the form of the show Undeclared, created by Judd Apatow, a producer of Freaks and Geeks. Where Freaks and Geeks was more drama than comedy, Undeclared was a lighthearted…

In the book Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick Max and Freak become good friends even know they had some issues in the past They have tons of confusion and aggression as a rebel named Tony D. stepped in their path. Tony D. called them freaks and ordered to have a talk with them. This shows that Tony wants to bully a self centered Max and a different Freak over their looks and actions. This is because Tony chose a life on the run from adults and cops for he harassed children and fellow…

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…

In the book “Freak the Mighty” by Rodman Philbrick, Freak is revealed as a greathearted, courageous, inventive, and sagacious character through interactions with other characters, such as Maxwell and Killer Kane. One example of an interaction where Freak gets revealed is on pg. 77 where Maxwell could not answer a question. The kids in the class started taunting him, but then Freak intervenes and says, “Order in the court! Let justice be heard!” This shows that Freak is greathearted because he…

Freak the Mighty Book vs. Movie Sean Budomo The book Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick and the movie made after it, The Mighty, have many similarities and differences that make them unique in their own ways. The plot in both the movie and the book is the same for the most part, except for a few outliers. This story is about two boys who are opposite in how they look, but they are treated the same way. One of the boys’ names is Kevin, or Freak. Freak is made fun of because of his appearance.…