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    main themes of Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick is real friendship dosen’t look at the outward appearance, they see’s what's on the inside. An example from the book on page 64 is when Freak and Max are going on an adventure and Max says, “Freak is riding up top, which he almost always does now. That way he doesn't have to wear his leg braces or carry his crutches…” (Philbrick 64). This example shows that Max isn’t worried about being called weird or a retard because he has Freak on his…

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    to choose. However, in uncountable ways of solutions, Steven D.Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner believed that thinking like a Freak might be one solution for each question. So that the book “Think like a Freak” was written in order to teach people a different way of thinking. In the book “Think Like a Freak”, the authors present many different suggestions on how to think like a Freak. But there are three smart suggestions, which are: using feedback, using incentives and teach your garden to weed…

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    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.…

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    In Freak the Mighty and Bridge to Terabithia it shows us this. Max the protagonist and Jessie the protagonist both are lonely until someone special changes them for the better. In both stories the main characters are both lonely. Max was always made fun of because he was so tall and stupid. Freak and Max became good freinds. Because of that, they were always together. At one point Freak started staying on max's shoulders. It was as if they were one person. They had the brain of Freak and…

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    story, it is revealed that Iggy helps Max to escape his dad and is actually a good person. The second character that reveals the theme of the story is Loretta Lee. Loretta is first introduced as Iggy Lee’s wife, and a drunk. She confronts Max and Freak when they give her purse back to her. Later during the end of the story she helps Max escape his dad by untying the ropes, until Killer Kane starts choking her. She ended up being a nice and caring person in the end. The third character that…

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    Friendship “A best friend is someone you can talk to, who won’t judge you, loves you for you and best of all makes you feel like you are worth something” -Anonymous. This is important to the story “Freak The Mighty” because Kevin and Max demonstrated a strong friendship, they accepted each other without judgment. Also, they made each other feel like they belonged. Friendship is important because having a good friend can help get you through hard times. Many people agree that trust is needed in…

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    breathes softly to make her sensitive. Holding her long hair; he pulls it back, making her body arch before whispering in her ear "Now tell me are you a Freak?" Gliding his hand down her chest to her belly " I like subtle bitches who like to fuck rough." Moaning loudly, her body spread with goose bumps at the same time she whispers back "I'm a Freak, I like to fuck rough" sticking her bottom against his length. She felt his thickness rubbing against her body as he teases her waiting to…

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    where they do not believe that their morals claims can be certain and can be true or false. The characters’ morals believe they do not have a truth value. There are many other films and TV shows that deal with existential ideas such as, Groundhog Day, Freaks and Geeks, and Nerve. All of these movies deal with characters making decisions out of free will and shows the consequences for their actions. In the movie Groundhog Day, the character Phil Connors, wakes up every morning in the same…

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    Katherine Sullivan Pankratz English 2, Second Hour To Kill A Mockingbird Essay #2 13 August 2014 Boo Radley: Freak or Friend? Scout Finch’s views on the world and how she sees the people of Maycomb change as she sees the changes that happen to the Radley house and Boo Radley. Arthur (Boo) Radley was a man who was described to, “dine on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that's why his hands were bloodstained—if you ate an animal raw, you could never wash the blood off. There was a long…

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    your bags are just inside the garage door. Did I forget anything?” Ryan said exasperated. Kelly had become a bit of a control freak as of late. Partly to avoid a situation like dirty dishes in the sink, or something equally as trivial that might set off one of Jack’s tantrums and partly to regain a sense of control in her chaotic life. She was an ‘Alcoholic Control Freak’. That was a title worthy of at…

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