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Analysis Of Freak The Mighty
Zada Johnson
Mrs. Belcher
Period 5,
15 November 2017
Analysis of Freak The Mighty Freak The Mighty is a book by Rodman Philbrick. There is a movie based off of Freak The Mighty it is called, The Mighty produced by Miramax starring Kieran Culkin as Kevin and Elden Henson as Max. There are many differences in the movie compared to the book, like the ornithopter scene, Freak’s death, and Tony D saying/not saying sorry about Freaks death. At the beginning of the movie and book Freak is playing with his ornithopter. In the movie Max is watching Freak play with his ornithopter from behind the fence. When Freak sees Max, max runs in his house. But, in the book Max just standing there and is watching Freak play with his ornithopter. When Freak

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