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    Antetokounmpo is insanely versatile at 6-foot-11‚ seemingly able to play all five spots on the court. At just 21 years old‚ he also has impeccable court vision and is a monster in the post. If the “Greek Freak” continues to improve his jump shot‚ he has the potential to become a superstar. Leading Milwaukee at 18.2 points per game last season‚ Middleton has shown the ability to score‚ whether driving to the basket or shooting from the perimeter. Meanwhile

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    English 7A 2/22/11 Period 5 Freak the Mighty and “Ability” Extended Response Believing in one’s self is common‚ and it thrives throughout the novel‚ Freak the Mighty‚ by Rodman Philbrick‚ and the poem‚ “Ability‚” by Selina E. Matis. There are several lines in the poem‚ “Ability‚” that relate to the novel‚ Freak the Mighty. For example‚ one of the lines in the poem was‚ “Ability is to look at a blank page‚ and create a poem.” An example from Freak the Mighty that relates to that line

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    Quiet Cool Monologue

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    Quiet Cool: A walk in the sun As my brother‚ Pat and walked in the woods on a bright sunny day in the summers of our youth as we so often did‚ we came accost a place that we called Quiet Cool. It was a circular crater with steep sides and a eerie silence all around. As we walked down the near vertical slopes of the crater we saw that the bottom had some sort of small stacked stone wall built bisecting the crater floor in two‚ we decided then and there that one side was mine and the other was his

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    Workman Mrs. Belcher 15 November 2017 Freak the Mighty writing assessment In the movie Max and Freak they just did not start as friends they met each other in after school. As Kevin being the tutor to help Max read. (Kevin is Freak). then after that day forward‚ they became friends. So they started becoming friends that’s when they played basketball together. But Kevin cannot walk at all without crutches so that’s when Maxwell had the Idea to pick him up and put Freak on his shoulders. Then one time they

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    Overall the movie Freak the Mighty was a good movie. But I think the book was better than the movie because it had more detail and you could really tell what was happening in the book it was explained really well. Some of the things I liked in Freak the Mighty movie was how Max and Freak had to overcome their disorders in order to do what they wanted. And that Max and Freak were always there for eachother. The movie was inspirational because it was about two boys that are very different from one

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    Cool Hand Luke

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    Cool Hand Luke Cool Hand Luke is in the genre of prison movies‚ but that’s not all this movie is‚ it also had several different parts where it is portrayed as being Christ like. Luke is supposed to be the Christ like figure‚ one thing that showing this is Luke’s name and his number on his shirt. Another is when Luke lays on the table after eating the 50 eggs; he is in a crucified position. Also the number three is big in the Christian religion and in the movie Luke tries to escape three times.

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    In Freak The Mighty by Rodman Philbrick‚ Maxwell’s mind is his biggest enemy. Maxwell lacks confidence in himself‚ is dependent on others and traumatized by his past. One way Maxwell’s mind is his biggest enemy is that he lacks confidence in himself. “Getting up in the class and saying stuff is not something I do.” All of the schools he has gone through‚ he has been placed in LD classes‚ at his house he is treated as a criminal just because of his infamous father‚ and socially he is an outcast.

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    it is illustrated in the argument “Revenge of the Geeks” by Alexandra Robbins. Robbins states that kids that are often bullied end up being more successful than kids who do not. This is accounted for by the personality and traits of geeks to help them expand in the real world. Although this is at the detriment of the kid’s mental health‚ it is widely understood that any type of bullying can make a kid feel worthless. School creates a place for kids to make themselves‚ as Robbins says‚ “High school

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    Real Cool Poem

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    Paul Costley Eng.1102 M/W 2-3:15 Assignments Week 11 10/23/2017 Assignments Week 11 1. “We Real Cool” Paraphrase: The overall message of the poem “We Real Cool” is stating that the subjects are‚ in simple terms‚ are losers. For example‚ the poem starts with‚ “We real cool. We Left school.” The poem proceeds to say that these men are staying out late‚ drinking gin‚ and playing pool. To further show the reader that the subjects are losers in the last two lines Gwendolyn writes‚ “Jazz June. We Die

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    the main character of The Outsiders‚ and Max the main character in Freak the Mighty share many similarities. For example‚ Pony’s parents died in a car crash and now he lives with his brothers. Likewise Max lives with his grandparents‚ because his mom is dead and his father is in jail. In addition both Pony and Max face the loss of close friends. Ponyboy’s friend Johnny died from injuries sustained in a fire‚ while Max’s friend Freak dies from his heart becoming too big for his chest. Finally Ponyboy

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