Freak the Mighty

n the novel Freak the Mighty Rodman Philbrick tells the story of two boys who face many struggles in life. Kevin and Maxwell, the main characters, realize that they both have similarities and differences.❤ In this essay I will be talking about the boys individually and their friendship. Kevin is a very intelligent boy, but was born with birth defects. His father left his mother and him alone after he heard the words, “Birth Defect.” He had a crippled leg and had to use crutches to walk.…

There are many differences between the movie and the book such as how Max and Kevin become Freak The Mighty, the millpond scene, and the use of King Arthur. Maxwell and Kevin became friends at the fireworks and Max decided to give Kevin a lift because he couldn’t see the fireworks because of his disease. Max and Kevin became known as Freak The Mighty because of what Max had done at the fireworks by giving Kevin a lift to be able to see the fireworks, and after the fireworks Max and Kevin had…

Essay- “Freak the Mighty” By Rodman Philbrick Have you ever thought of yourself as not important? As something, you’re not? As. Nothing. “Freak the Mighty” by Rodman Philbrick is a story about true friendship. The story involves two characters who are in the eighth grade together. These characters form a special bond. Kevin, who lives a fairly normal life has a rare physical disability. Another character, Max, suffers from a learning disability. Together these two unlikely friends go on quests…

In the novel Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, Loretta Lee has a somewhat sad life, so she is harsh. She is short and scrawny with blond hair, “hard eyes,” and red lipstick smeared on her face. Loretta wears ratty old bathrobes and slinky red dresses. Her trashy looks attract a trashy guy, Iggy Lee, who seems to have dragged Loretta into a life of crime. Iggy, the boss of a “bad-news motorcycle gang,” is “a big hairy dude” with a beer gut and tattooed, muscular arms, and “a beard that…

In The Book Freak The Mighty And The Mighty there are significant differences.The significant differences I saw was in the characters. The three main characters I saw were was Maxwell, Freak, And “Killer Kane” A.K.A Kenny Kane., And I will point out the changes from the book and the movie. Maxwell is the main character we see in the book the movie. The significant changes I saw was the color of his skin, His attitude, And his strength. The reason I said the color of his skin was a…

Everyone needs a worthy friend by her side. A true friend is someone that you can always count on. In Rodman Philbrick's Freak the mighty the two true friends names are Max and Kevin. They go on many quests from being the knights in the medieval time to finding treasures.Kevin and max both have their differences but they can conquer anything when they’re together.The one thing I pointed out as a theme was power of a good friendship.Kevin lives with a tragic disease,and max lives with the…

In chapter 3 of Freak the Mighty, Max is faced with the problem of being afraid of Freak. Later Max see’s that Freak got some paper helicopter thing stuck in a tree. Since Freak is a very small, bony kid he was not able to get his “helicopter” out of the tree and after Max noticed he used his height to help Freak get his “helicopter”. Once Max had helped Freak they realized neither was that bad and hang-out for the rest of the day. In Unexpected Fortunes, Claire goes to see her father in the…

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…

you look at things, the things you look at change.” So if we look at the novel Freak the Mighty in Kevin’s perspective, it will drastically change.In the novel Freak the Mighty the storyline would have changed hugely, if told by Kevin’s perspective because we would have heard about his Dad, his challenges, and his family. If Freak the Mighty was told by Kevin’s perspective, we would have heard more about his Father. Freak would have talked about how he may or may not want to meet his dad, with…

drastically different friends become close? In the book, “Freak the Mighty”, Kevin (Freak) and Maxwell (mighty) are completely different from each other both mentally and physically, yet they become great friends throughout the story. In the novel “Freak the Mighty” by Rodman Philbrick, the theme is that people can become friends regardless of differences and societal expectations. The author communicates this theme by using hyperbole. Freak and Mighty are as different as two people can be.…