What Is The Theme That Rodman Philbrick Develops In Freak The Mighty

Of Mice and Men might be an old story but it stays true to its theme of friendship and conflict. In Of Mice and Men it's really about two men, Lennie and George who are faced with lots of obstacles because of their outside appearances but internally they are very opposite to their body shapes from first glance. Lennies this big tough guy but on the inside he struggles from day to day life because of his mental disability.George is vice versa just because he is small doesn't account to anything George tends to want things his way and has more of a restricted personality but Lennie and George have something in common they both have each others backs like a true friendship. Steinbeck's “ Lennie, who had been watching, imitated George exactly.

If The Fair Gwen had not judged Max Freak and Max would not have become friends. On page 20 the narrator states, “... she’s scared of me” (Philbrick 20). This shows that The Fair Gwen is scared of Max because of his demeanor. However if The Fair Gwen had not judged Max, she would not have felt bad about judging him by his size, she would not have invited Max over to dinner to apologize about her behavior. Because The Fair Gwen realized that judging a person by their demeanor was wrong Freak and Max bonded which lead to them becoming best friends.

Freak the Mighty is about a boy named Max, and he is getting bullied. He is getting bullied because he’s “dumb, slow, and stupid”. Until Freak came along. They became best friends, and freak was weird too. Freak was bullied because he was “short, and small,” but very mighty indeed. They share a lot in common, so they are perfect for each other. Max is the main narrator of the book, and he tells a lot about his feelings and when he’s excited or something.

Freak and Max have a special relationship. In day care Max kicked everyone, including the teachers, except Freak. He never kicked him even

Max doesn’t like to read or write, while Freak loves to. Freak sees potential in Max-one that Max doesn’t see in himself. So he decides to give him this dictionary full of words like xyloid and obfuscate. Max does enjoy the present “This is the best, getting Freak’s dictionary”(98). Max’s teacher’s begin to see that potential too “...she finally gave up on trying to trying to make me talk in class, and instead she waits until study hall, where she asks me the same questions alone and I tell her the answers”(81).

Max lived in a duplex accross the street from Max. so they became forever friends. In both the movie and the book Freak dies because his heart grew too big for his little body. Both the book and the movie are amusing. Both Freak and Max were bullied. Both in the book and the movie Max had a disorder with his body that prevented him from playing sports.

One example of how Max and Freak worked together was when they were watching fireworks. Freak couldn’t see the fireworks because he was tiny, but with the help of Max, he was carried by him, and placed on top of his

In the book Kevin passed away at the hospital, but in the movie Kevin passed away at home. In both someone talk to Max after Kevin died. They were different people though, in the book it was Dr. Spivak and in the movie it was Gwen. In the book before Kevin passed away he gave Max a journal so he could write down all their adventures in it, Max put it in a box. In the movie Kevin gave him a journal and it said Freak the Mighty on the front.

Freak the Mighty the book and The Mighty the movie have many similarities. Max, Kevin (Freak) Gram, Grim, and Gwen are all the main characters. Max and Freak are bullied in both the book and the movie. The ornithopter, a special toy, was played with by Freak and Max. Both boys were pursued by Tony D. and Freak sits on Max’s shoulders. Max has his meeting with the principle, then soon after Freak chokes on food.

In the book of Mice and Men, the theme Companionship is essential to life to like shown by Lennie and Crooks conversation, the shooting Candy’s dog, and Curley’s wife talking to the other men.

Friendship is a hard thing to find, but what can be even more difficult is finding someone who you can share a genuine friendship unconditionally. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is very heartbreaking and grievous novel that has many devastating aspects. Throughout the story, Lennie and George portray the many accurate qualities of true friendship. I have had one friendship in my life that I can more than confidently say was authentic. This friend shows her loyalty, honesty, and selflessness constantly, similar to George and Lennie.

In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, the era of the Great Depression in the 1930’s is revealed through a simple story of ranch workers who hope to improve their lives. Migrant workers, George and Lennie, have a friendship that is based on trust and protection. The other workers lack the companionship and bond that these two men have. In the novel, the absence and presence of friendship is the motivation for the characters’ actions.

A true friendship is something that everyone wants to have but not everyone can have it.

In conclusion, Rodman Philbrick in his novel, Freak the Mighty uses as the literary devices of characterization -- what a character does, feels, thinks, or says -- and dialogue to reveal the theme of the power of friendship to face one’s problems.It changes me because it taught me how to be nice to my friends and to help them out too from any bad

Max and Kevin have a mutualistic friendship because they both get something from each other.(A mutualistic friendship is when two people get something out of it)This book is about a two young kids that got their lives changed for a long time. I’m about to tell how Kevin changed Max's life for a long time.