What is Thinking Like a Freak? Think Like a Freak by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner is a book with the self-proclaimed purpose of engaging their readers to “retrain their brains.” They say that to think like a Freak is to think more productively‚ more creatively‚ and more rationally. The authors of this book were effective in accomplishing their purpose by engaging readers with various examples of interest and out-of-the-box thinking methods. In Chapter One‚ titled “What Does It Mean to
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The Freak Show Attractions You can pick your friends but you can’t pick your family. We are born into families and to some degree‚ these people shape our personalities and views of the world. Do traditional families offer a better sense of self or worth? Do non- traditional families harbor immoral values that shape our outcome? Society has always based its value system on the traditional family. The 1950’s embodied this perception of the traditional family: two parents and a boy and a girl. Dad
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protected‚ but all that has happened on airplanes in the past ten years has left us fearful. We need to do something to make sure that we are safe on an airplane and that an American plane can never be hijacked again. We need to train and arm our pilots to ensure our safety on an airplane. Airplanes are massive and very complex pieces of machinery‚ and they help us get to places more efficiently and cheaper than traditional ways. Although we have seen that if airplanes are not handled properly
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Throughout the book ‚“Freak The Mighty”‚ author Rodman Philbrick creates a story about 2 teen boys( Max aka Mighty and Kevin aka Freak) who actually had a past together when they were little kids. The first time they meet they were in preschool when they were very little Freak knew Max as kicker because he went around always kicking kids. But one day Max had new neighbor and to his surprise it was Freak.Later in the story Max finds out Freak is bionic. Which proves that one should not judge another
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between the film‚ The Mghty‚ and the book‚ Freak the Mighty. One of the major differences between the book and the film is that in the film Freak dies in his sleep on christmas but in the book he dies in the hospital after having a stroke. One of the major and important similarities of the book is when Freak and Max are at the firework show and Freak keeps complaining that he can’t see. In both the book and the film Max reaches down without thinking and picks Freak on his shoulders so that he can see.
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they don’t have meaning until u really get to know them and talk to them then u can judge on how they really are and u can judge on the way they act. In the story Freak” The Mighty”‚ Maxwell judges Freak by the way he first met him and he thought he was a mean person until they started to talk and then Max really saw how smart and nice Freak was to him. The character Maxwell Kane is first described as “the kicker”pg 3 and
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Freak the Mighty Freak the might is a novel written by Rodman Philbrick. In the novel there are two opposites‚ Freak and Max‚ become inseparable friends. Freak has morquio syndrome which cause him to be around 3 foot tall but he is incredibly clever. Max is the opposite. He is around 6 foot tall. Max believes that he is dumb and is in the learning-disabled class. They are both put in dangerous situations when Max’s dad kidnapped Max. Freak and Max displayed great bravery and courage when in critical
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Mighty‚ a movie by Peter Chelsom‚ is based off of the book‚ Freak the Mighty‚ by Rodman Philbrick‚ is a story that shows how friendship is important. Freak is a very smart kid‚ but has Morquio syndrome‚ which forces him to use crutches and he can’t walk. His bones aren’t growing but his organs are‚ so they eventually will become too big for him. Mighty (Max) is dyslexic‚ so he has trouble reading‚ but he is a very big kid‚ and is the largest in his grade. Mighty is a story about how friendship is
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In order to convince his American audience to change their views on these so-called “nerds” and “geeks”‚ Fridman incorporates compare and contrast‚ language‚ and rhetorical strategies into his writing. First‚ Fridman provides examples to support his claim by using the strategy compare and contrast. By providing examples that both support and give
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have to face so many problems nowadays‚ and there are also many solutions for people to choose. But not all solutions work well in some situations. Therefore‚ in the book “Think Like a Freak”‚ S. Levitt and S.Dubner taught readers a lot of specific ways to solve the problem. According to the authors “Think Like a Freak”: “Understanding the incentives of all the players in a given scenario is a fundamental step in solving any problem”. Sometimes‚ the incentives don’t really work well. However‚ there
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