From the past, my family have to live in the countryside with an old house. Our family life keep stay the same and one day have change by my mother. She has done something and makes my family get better from the poor life. She changed my life from the poor life to a new life and now I can speak english, I can do everythings from that I never have done before. Because of her my life have change and get better from the past. In this novel, Freak the Mighty Rodman Philbrick uses the literary devices of characterization and dialogue to reveal the theme of the importance of friendship.
One literary device Rodman Philbrick uses the reveal the theme of the importance of friendship is characterization, what Max thinks. In the story when the first
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In this story when Freak sit on Max’s shoulders and tell the cop that they are Freak the Mighty, he state “Freak is still holding tight to my shoulders and when they ask him for his name, he says, ‘We’re Freak the Mighty, that’s who we are. We’re nine feet tall, in case you haven’t noticed’”(39,40). This also shows that Max and Freak they are friend that why Max’s help Freak by put him on his shoulders to be Freak’s legs. In the story when Max see his dad attack Loretta and he try to stop his dad by tell his dad that he is kills Max’s mother, he …show more content…
First, Max thinks he a stupid person and then Freak become Max’s biran and become his friend. Second, they are Freak the Mighty, they go anywhere together and they help each other. Third, Max’s try to help Loretta from his dad by tell the secret that Killer Kane did with his mom. Finally Max’s know how write the story from Freak. The story Freak the Mighty make me think about the importance about friendship that I have got with my friend. They are part of my life because they are my friend and they help me with everything. It like Freak help Max’s to read and write, and with everything to change his
An example of their adventures is when Kevin mouths at Tony D. and his gang, defending Max and himself; after of which he discovers that Max could not have fought Tony and incredulously questions, “You mean you couldn’t take him and I was giving him lip?” (31). Kevin’s words reveal his trust in Max. He incited Tony, believing Max would be able to protect the both of them. The boys’ next conflict, an encounter with Iggy, the head of a troublemaking motorcycle gang, and Loretta, his wife, show Max’s concern for Kevin and his wanting to keep Kevin safe: “I feel real bad for Freak because he hated it when people try to rub his head for luck, but I don’t say a word, I just run us home, thumping the short way back around the pond, and my big feet never trip me up because I’m on automatic, I’m this running machine” (72). Max is very attuned and sensitive to Kevin’s feelings, an important quality in a friendship. Also, his desire to protect Kevin and keep him away from Iggy and Loretta prevent his clumsiness from impeding his speedy progress to home. The conflicts Freak the Mighty encounter prove the boys’ undeniable teamwork and
One of the ways Steinbeck shows the importance of friendship is through interactions between characters. In the
...ane just did not know how to show this at times that were tough for him. Killer Kane still is protective, cares about Max, and wants the best for him. When Killer Kane came back to see Max when he could have been arrested was showing he cared and loved Max enough to be arrested again right when he got out of jail. Killer Kane showed that he is protective of Max when Loretta tried to untie Max and Killer Kane snapped at her to not put her hands on his son. He showed that he wanted the best for Max when he said he wanted to start a life with Max. Killer Kane just wanted Max to have the father figure he needed in his life. Killer Kane listens, suggests, defends. Is patient, loving and loyal. He would do anything for Max, He wants the best for Max, and protects Max. In the novel, Freak The Mighty by Rodman Philbrick Killer Kane is truly a loving father and he proves it.
In Rodman Philbrick's Freak the Mighty he illustrates the idea of friendship. Max and Kevin a.k.a. Freak the Mighty go through many difficulties in life. One has physical problems and the other mental problems. They help each other get through these problems by supporting one another. For example when they get stuck in the tenements (apartments), or when they would go on their “quests.” When Max got upset when they talked
“Everybody needs something to hope for.” (p. 157) Says Dr. Spivak to Max after the death of Kevin. Indeed, he is right. Hope can solve problems for everyone. There are plenty of problems in the world. People struggle with disabilities and certain limiting conditions. Though the road may be rough, there are ways that these people cope with their problems and find hope. Max has a problem. He is dyslexic, which is always causing him to talk negatively about himself. Kevin also has an issue that makes his body small. Nevertheless, he makes up for it by making his brain bigger. Together, Kevin and Max become Freak the Mighty. Freak the Mighty fosters their friendship, makes them as one person, and helps them deal with their individual problems.
It is evident that Max tries to escape his reality and get lost in a world where he can find freedom from his complex troubles, much like every other child in the world today whom does not know how to deal with such chaotic and complicated thoughts. Max, unknowingly comes face to face with all his emotions through the lives of others, helping him to come to an understanding in his escape. In the film “Where the Wild Things Are” Max’s sister ignores him, he feels his mothers new boyfriend is taking her from him and he is overall portrayed as a lonely, lost character. Max is told by his mother that he has gone out of control, which essentially is the last straw in initiating him to run away to where he eventually ends up where the wild things are. According to the article “Fantasy - Necessary for Sanity and Morality” in order for proper development, “A child needs to understand what is going on within his conscious self so that he can cope with that which goes on within his unconscious.” This can be attained by daydreaming through stories and scenarios to ...
What this implies is that the story only depicts what is probably one of many of Max’s submission to his wild behavior. In other words, Max most likely has his werewolf episode on every night of a full moon. In fact, Max may even welcome his werewolf side as Cech states that “Sendak is giving the child control of the darkness” (Cech). In some cases, a man shapeshifting into a werewolf may sometimes even be voluntary (Wilson). This idea is hinted in the beginning of the story in the scene where he is seen chasing his dog down the stairs where on the wall, there is a picture of a wild thing. The presence of this picture further shows that Max’s journey to the land of the wild things depicted in the story is not his first time visiting as stated by Cech that Max is “thoroughly in control and has already imagined what we are about to see” (Cech). As such, his so-called shapeshifting phases definitely happen on a regular basis, occurring concurrently in the presence of a full moon. In other words, the entirety of the story is Max’s way of dealing with the fact that he is a werewolf, because it is “his fantasy, his way of coping, his own myth”
He has a whole new ideology. Defined in McLaren’s “Critical Pedagogy: A Look at the Major Concepts”, ideology is “…a way of viewing the world, a complex view of ideas, various types of social practices, rituals, and representations that we tend to accept as natural and as common sense,” (69). Max, now a part of a very prestigious high school, can now see himself much more lofted than he once was. He is the son of a barber and though never explicitly stated, it is understood that Max is on some sort of scholarship. Since everyone else acts loftier because they go to Rushmore, Max seems to feel that he has to take on this same
In freak the mighty freak has a disease called Morquio syndrome. Freak gets around it and max never new in the book that he was going to die or what disease he had. Freaks doctor tried to trick freak when he was little but it didn't work. In the end she told him that he was getting a new robotic body to trick him because he was so smart.
Freire believes that “those who espouse the cause of liberation are themselves surrounded and influenced by the climate which generates the banking concept, and often do not perceive its true significance or its dehumanizing power” (79). Max does not realize the effects of his power, and while trying to build all these clubs up, he suppresses the people who are in them. However, all this begins to change once Max begins to communicate and reflect on what others say to him. When Max is flying his kite, Margaret enters the scene when she lands her toy airplane near Max and Dirk. Margaret then says that Max has been a jerk to her, and then leaves. Prior to this encounter, Max dropped out of school and became a recluse, but after Margaret enlightened him about his behavior, Max became his former self and made a list of people who would be interested in a newly-formed kite club. Margaret was finally able to speak her mind and in doing so, she altered the teacher-student paradigm by having an open discussion with Max, as opposed to being told what to do. This reversal is an enlightening experience for Max because now he realizes that to become a better person, open communication is a necessary construct. From this point forward, Max will begin to reminisce Freire’s idea of an ideal student who switches his position on authority to one of open and free-flowing
Patterson constantly is putting character foils creating a tension between Max and Ari to show how Max can get the best of a situation. An example of this is when Max bites Ari’s finger letting out her anger and gets enough time to escape and free the others. “I chomped hard on Ari’s fingers… I managed to unlatch Fang’s crate. The white coats fell on me ”(205). At this point, Max has just bit Ari’s finger because of what he has put on to her. Then Ari got distracted letting her free herself and the Flock. In this quote, Max gets the chance to bite Aris finger leaving Ari not focused because of the pain. this Gives her time to open the latch and free everybody. Freeing everybody instead of leaving by herself was the whole reason why James Patterson
Proof of this is “ push-ups and twenty-two sit-ups. When he finished, he would sit against the basement wall with his paint can friends, feeling his pulse in his teeth, his muscles felt like cake. He wondered at time if pushing himself like this even worth it.(zusak pg 251) this is crucial because he feels demoralized about his position and himself when facing adversity. Max also experiences loss of loved ones when he needs to leave his family because the jews were being transported to concentration camps and he had to leave them to survive. Proof of this is, she held him one last time, by the elbows. “This could be your last hope.” he looked into her agingface and kissed her hard, on the lips. “Come on.” walter pulled at him as the rest of the family said the goodbyes and gave him money and a few valuables. “It’s chaos out there, and chaos is what we need”(zusak pg 193). This is crucial because if max did not leave it would change the whole story he would immediately be dead or spend the rest of the text in a concentration camp.
His father had saved Hans’s life during World War 1 therefore paying it forward trying to save Max’s life. Max is a jewish boy who is trying to survive during World War 2. A Nazi officer arrives at his door because they are hunting down Jews and his mother quickly sneaks him out to try and save his life. His mother did this to save his life and he feels a lot of guilt because he never got to say goodbye to his family and he left them without saying a final goodbye as he knew they would be killed by the Nazi’s. “If only he’d turned for one last look at his family as he left the apartment. Perhaps then the guilt would not have been so heavy. No final Goodbye” (Zusak, 193). Max starts to believe that his has abandoned his family and he becomes very guilty. He starts to become very negative and feels like his is worth nothing which starts to eat at his happiness and his life. Max feels like “[he is] being screwed up into a ball, a page littered with mistakes. Like garbage” (Zusak 194). Max has moved into the basement of the Hubermann’s and he is in disbelief that he deserves it because he is putting the Hubermann’s family in danger driving them crazy. Max feels as if his little corner is “better than [he] deserves” (Zusak,
One reason the boys weren't as strong as they acted is in the beginning Max got left on a subway by himself by accident and started crying. In paragraph 51, for example, the character plays it off like nothing happened. In paragraph 46, the narrator says, “Wait at the next station! Don’t move!” In paragraph 51, when the boys meet up again, “Naw, there was this water dripping from the tunnel roof. But, you said don’t move right? Well, I was just being obedient.” This shows that Max tries to prove to his friends/rivals that he is strong, and not scared of anything. Also,
There are many pivotal instances of Max’s sacrifices in the story, but, arguably, the most pivotal of these moments occurs in pages 397 and 398, when Max leaves for the Dachau Concentration Camp late at night. Max was a Jew that the Hubermann family was hiding in their home, and he knew of the pressure he was putting on his adoptive family (a family that made an enormous sacrifice themselves). The significance of the moment