Loretta Lee Quotes

People always say never judged a person by their cover, yet some of us still do it without even trying sometimes. I have done this on multiple occasions without really trying to judge a person. I once had an experience where I was trying out for a new club team and I saw this girl who looked really mean and scary because of the expression on her face. I always thought if I ever talk to her she would be mean, but one practice we started to talk and she wasn’t at all the person I thought she ways. It turns out that she is a nice person who just takes soccer very seriously. This just shows that we can have a certain opinion on someone by their looks, but they may be completely opposite from the way they appear.There’s this book call “Freak the Mighty” which has a good way of showing the theme of not judging a person

by their appearance by having the main character meet a boy who has a disability who later becomes his friend.

The character of Freak/ Kevin Avery is first describe as a “crippled-up yellow hair midget kid.” If we were to judge him solely on his appearance, we might assume that something might have happened to him in order for that to happen to him. In fact, when we first see him, “there’s this weird looking little dude, he’s got a normal-sized head, but the rest of him is shorter than a yardstick and kind of twisted in a way that means he can’t stand up straight and makes his chest puff out.”This shows that he is suffering from a certain disorder that caused his body to be all twisted up. Freak actions when he first met Max were, “ he pulls the trigger on the crutch and makes a weapon noise, and he goes,” Then die, earthling, die!”. This shows that Freak was different than others.However, later we see him, “raising up the gun and sighting along the barrel.”Good old reliable H2SO4, an oily, colorless, corrosive liquid used in dyes, paints, explosives, and so many chemical experiments.” This refutes our initial judgment by showing that Freak is very caring towards his friends and would do anything to save them from harm's way.

The character of Loretta Lee is first described as, “ this scrawny, yellow-haired women with small, hard eyes and a blurry red lips.

She’s wearing this ratty old bathrobe and she’s smoking this cigarette and squinting at us making a face.” If we were to judge solely on her appearance, we might assume that she was very poor. In fact, when we first see her, “ She’s wearing this ratty old bathrobe.” This shows that she is indeed poor because if she had money she would be able to purchase herself another bathrobe instead of using a ratty old one. Loretta first actions were, “ Iggy,” she says out o the side of her mouth,” come here and tell me is the circus in town or what?” This shows that Loretta could be mean or maybe rude in the beginning. However, later we see her, “It ain’t right ,” she whispers.” Keeping your own kd tied up, it ain’t right.He ain’t the man I thought I remembered, that’s for sure. Loretta goes, “ The plan is, Iggy keeps him busy while I get you Loose, now isn’t that a good plan?” This refutes our initial judgement because Loretta was helping Max get out of tied up ropes around him. She was willing to save hima at the risk of being

caught.

The character Maxwell Kane is first described as, “ he looks like Him”. If we were to judge solely on his appearance, we might think that he was his father. In fact, when we first see him, “ It’s more than just the way Maxwell resembles him, Grim says that night in the kitchen, the boy is like him.” This shows that Max is assume to be like his father by his looks and personality. Max’s first actions were, “I keep out of range of that crutch and just reach up and pick up the paper thing right out of the tree.” This shows that Max is nothing like his father because he is being kind by helping Freak get his ornithopter out of the tree. However later we see him, “ I can’t get him loose of her, so all i do is keep screaming,” I know you killed her! I saw you! I saw you do it! You killed her and I’ll never forget, not ever!” This confirms are initial judgement because Max was helping Loretta be saved by the grasp of his father, who was strangling her to death. Max was nothing at all like his father as people assume him to be.

In conclusion, no one should ever judge a person by their looks because you may be surprise about how they truly are once you get ot know them. Every character in this story was assume to be a certain way by their looks, yet some people actually were like how they appeared to be or were not at all. People do make the mistake of judging others, but everyone is going to be how they appear until you get to know them.