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Freak The Mighty Analysis

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¨Remembering is a great invention of the mind, and if you try hard enough, you can remember anything, whether it happened or not.¨ This is an amazing quote from the book Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick. To begin all of Max´s life he's been called stupid, dumb and weird. Max learned how to be alone until Freak came along. Freak is suffering from morquio syndrome, which give him a little body and a big heart. Together Max and Freak are this one team that is unstoppable and Freak likes to call this team Freak the mighty. Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick shows the two themes of, looks can be deceiving, and friends don't last forever, so make the most of the time you have. The first theme I chose for Freak the Mighty is looks can be deceiving. When you say looks can be deceiving it means that the way a person looks might not be the person you think it is. First on page 37, it tells the reader that Tony D. and his gang chase Freak and Max into the Mill pond and on page 39 it tells the reader that Freak whistled over to the cops and saved …show more content…

This theme means sometime you're not going to have your friend so get to know them for a long period of time. First on page 150 Freak tells Max to take an empty book and fill it in with their adventures. Freak was going to do it, but he´s got to stay in the hospital. Freak tells Max ¨Remembering is a great invention of the mind, and if you try hard enough, you can remember anything, whether it happened or not.¨ Max is afraid to be writing and reading in class without Freak. Next on page 160 Freak died in the hospital because his heart got too big for his body. Max was thinking about writing in the book, but then whatever Loretta said to him inspired him to write in the book. The book Freak the Mighty turned out to be the book Max wrote after Freak died. You can't always have a friend to live forever, but they will live forever in your

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