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The Hero's Journey In Freak The Mighty By Rodman Philbrick

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Many books follow the pattern of a hero’s journey, which is a cycle that begins and ends in the main character's ordinary world within twelve steps. Freak the Mighty is a story about the adventures of two inseparable best friends (Kevin/Freak and Max) who go through countless adventures together and are opposites, yet are perfect matches. In Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, Max and Kevin follows the hero’s journey throughout the story and become friends. Kevin follows the hero’s journey in the story Freak the Mighty. One stage of the hero's journey is the supreme ordeal. In this stage, the hero has to face the greatest fear, they will also face death and fight the greatest enemy. In the book, Kevin's illness became fatal and severe, as shown in the following passage “Kevin knew from a very young age that he wasn’t going to have a very long life,”(Philbrick PG 172) This connects to the supreme ordeal stage of the hero's journey because Kevin faces death due to his illness. In the resurrection stage of the hero's journey, the hero must be reborn to return to the normal world, and …show more content…

In the tests, allies, and enemies stage of the hero's journey, the hero begins to face the challenges of the new world and meets new friends and enemies. In the book, Max has a face-off with Tony. D, as shown in the following passage “Tony D. has his hands on his hips and his punkster pals are trying to get closer, working through the crowd.” (Philbrick). This connects to the tests, allies, and enemies stage of the hero's journey because his enemy is Tony. D and he is tested by facing off him. Another stage of the hero’s journey is refusal of call where the hero becomes reluctant to take on the challenge. During this stage, Max refuses to go to the dinner his grandma plans. This connects to the refusal of call because Max refuses to go to dinner with a freak, yet he ends up getting along with

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