Rodman Philbrik's Freak The Mighty

The novel Freak The Mighty By Rodman Philbrik is a realistic

fiction story about two boys who are in middle school and become best

friends. They go on crazy made up adventures. They each have a story to

them like who they are today. There names are Max and Kevin. The book

was published in 1993. The movie was released in 2011. There are multiple similarities

and differences between the book and the movie.

If you take a look at the book and the movie of Freak the Mighty you would spot

that there are many differences like at the end when Max ran to the laundry place in the

movie with bare feet but in the book Max runs to the hospital instead. Blades group was

called “The dog house boys” in the movie, the book didn’t even have a name for them.

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movie didn’t have a scene where Killer Kane choked Max only Lorreta.

There are tons of similarities from the book and movie Freak the Mighty. Some

examples was when Max and Kevin watched the fireworks at the fair. Second reason is

when Blade and his group tried to chase Max and Kevin with a knife and chased them

towards pond, but Blade kept getting stuck in. Plus the book and movie was told in first

person. All of the characters name and there acting parts were the same in both the

movie and book like grim, gram, Gwen, Loretta, Iggy, Kevin, Max, and Killer Kane.

Lastly the theme was the same which was to face your fears, have HOPE, live life to the

fullest.

In conclusion, there are multiple comparisons and differences from the book and

movie Freak the Mighty. Although the theme to have hope was still visible in the book

and movie. Overall, the book was better than the movie because it has more details and

more dramatic and leads you to want to read on and find out more chapter after

chapter. Everyone should read the book because a lot of emotions, action, and mystery

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