word freak is something that we use in everyday language without realizing that in the past‚ the word was not just a casual phrase to throw around. We associate the word freak with other words such as strange‚ weird‚ and odd in order to insult a person who is different than us or define something that is out of the ordinary. However‚ when we use the word freak so casually we are disassociating it from its original meaning and changing the words context. In most instances‚ the word “freak” was
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Book Title: Freak the Mighty Author: Rodman Philbrick Setting: New Hampshire Main Characters: Kevin- A smart boy with a growth disability Maxwell- A large boy with academic problems Kenny Kane- Max’s dad who murdered Max’s mom Loretta Lee Story Summary Freak the Mighty is a story about the power of a true friendship. Freak and Max are two boys who were so different‚ and yet had much in common with one another. Freak as well as Max both had limitations and this helped them to become friends
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Freak the Mighty Have you ever seen one very tall person and a very small person become really great friends and end up doing everything together? In the book Freak the Mighty‚ it shows how two very different people can become best friends like regular people. The best theme for this book is‚ “Without the help of others‚ we cannot rise above our limitations.” Without friends there helping you‚ you will not get to where you want to be faster. For example‚ when Max saw Kevin’s ornithopter
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Control Freak A Control Freak is one who has an obsessive need to exert control over people and situations; a person with an obsessive need to be in control of what is happening. I am a control freak‚ I know I am; I admit that I’m a control freak. It isn’t something that I try to do nor want to do; it’s just part of who I am. I didn’t wake up one day and decide to be controlling. Things affected me in my life to put me in this position. A lot of things determined my need to control. I was born
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Analysis of Motifs‚ Symbols‚ and Themes Motif 1. Geek Culture The novel repeatedly uses characters from fantasy and sci-fi fiction. Sometimes‚ these characters are used to represent the characters in the novel. Junot Diaz is proud of being a comic book lover‚ and he often incorporates these “nerdy” materials to his works. The character of Oscar‚ and even Yunior‚ is an avid fan of geek culture. Throughout the novel‚ we see Oscar playing role-playing games‚ watching animes‚ and writing his own
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I begin “nerds are more centered on academic and technical arts‚ I think the word you’re looking for is geek‚ as in: a person who is very interested in and knows a lot about a particular field or activity as Merriam Webster puts it.” “Pff‚ whatever *geek*.” he responds‚ chuckling to himself as he walks away. The definition of geek comes from old English geek or geck meaning “fool”‚ or “freak”‚ as well as the Dutch word gek‚ or “crazy”. Today‚ its definition is opaque and mutating‚ and it’s very
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Jonathan Furdon Contemporary Literature MWF 9:05 11/15/09 The Allusive Geeks Throughout literary history‚ many books and novels have been written so perfectly‚ that it was almost impossible for it to go unnoticed. Many other authors will often use ideas or phrases from other literary works written before their time‚ creating a literary allusion. In the novel Geek Love‚ there are many allusions to speak of‚ from Shakespeare’s The Tempest to inspirations from the Jonestown Cults‚ to other
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The Geeks Who Leak Information is free. Privacy is sacred. Americans have a right to know what their government is surveying. Edward Joseph Snowden leaked sensitive information to Wikileaks.org in order to inform the American public what was going on in the war. Is this a good thing? The American public needs to know the REAL facts before they make a decision about the war. Snowden leaked‚ what is described as‚ the most "significant thefts of highly classified secrets in U.S. history." The
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In 1932 Tod Browning released‚ Freaks‚ a movie that is centered on telling the story of circus people and the challenges they face; it shows their everyday struggles among themselves along with their interactions with the “normal” people in the circus. I think it was in Browning’s interests not to make fun of these people‚ but to show the harm and hurt that “normal” people in society are capable of doing. The movie revolves around‚ Hans‚ a dwarf and his lust for the beautiful normal Cleopatra. Hans
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I think Gwen reacted the way she did when she found Freak in the basement with Max because she knew that Max was his father’s son. I assume Gwen was shocked and scared because in the text‚ it read‚ “ She catches sight of me coming up out of the down under and it’s like somebody shot her. Like she’s scared out of her mind. Additionally‚ the text also read‚ “ the Fair Gwen grabs Freak and puts him in the wagon and I swear‚ she almost runs home‚ like if she doesn’t get away quick something really bad
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