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    you see the world it got you this far” This reminds me of how Freak is having to go through his Morquio Syndrome and how he’s growing on the inside and not on the outside as much. Freak is getting worse but all he can think about is how he wants to be a bionic human‚ the first one‚ which was actually a big lie. He seems to forget that every day‚ but he doesn’t. All Freak really wants to do is to go on fun adventures with Max and be Freak the Mighty. Freak’s heart just grew too much for his body to

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    Second Part Baldwin and Orwell found themselves in foreign countries surrounded by strangers in a time of personal crisis. How did these experiences help transform their views of themselves and where they came from? Baldwin left America on an identity search. Baldwin didn’t want to be subjected to American labeling by color. Instead he stated that he wanted to find out in what way the specialness of his experience could be made to connect him with other people instead of dividing him from them.

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    Though he has friends‚a family‚ and life he enjoys he still asks to be normal. the story “Freak the mighty” there’s a boy called freak. He has a physical disability that makes him unable to grow and he walks with a leg brace and crutches. Hes barely three feet tall and almost in 8th grade. Though this never seem to bother him much‚ his nicknames is freak after all. Though in the story it is revealed that freak wants to change. To

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    my William and him were just messing around and it was all a misunderstanding. I judged Tristan because of his look and how he acted without knowing him‚ now we are good friends and play Clash Of Clans together. This anecdote relates to the story Freak the Mighty By Rodman Philbrick because I judged Tristan because of the way he looks‚ just as everybody did to Max at the beginning of the story but in the end they find out how they perceived him wasn’t how Max really is.

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    always better than the movie. And Freak the Mighty is no exception to this guideline. There are many similarities and differences between the two versions of the story‚ but overall‚ the book is much better than the movie. One similarity is that the same emotions and themes are being shown in the same way between the two versions. The themes that I most noticed are friendship‚ courage‚ and being true to yourself. First of all‚ despite their differences‚ Max and Freak inevitably became good friends‚

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    In Freak the Mighty and “Everything will be ok” two different characters‚ Max and James living in the middle of two different lives learn the same life lesson. You can be who you want to be. Although these are two different stories‚ both characters have to overcome loss to figure out you can be who you want to be. but the one that died helped them make a big decision‚ that you can be who you want to be. In Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick‚ main character Max Kane‚ meets a boy named Kevin (Freak)

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    James Herriot born James Alfred Wight in Sunderland England‚ October 3‚ 1916  Moved to Glasgow‚ Scotland as child‚ late October 1916  Graduated Glasgow Veterinary College on Dec 14‚ 1939  Joined Yorkshire practice of J. Donald Sinclair in 1940  Married Joan Catherine Danbury‚ 5 November 1941  He was part of the RAF 1941-43  1966 begins writing using the pen name James Herriot  23 February 1995 Dies of cancer at home in Yorkshire  Receives American Veterinary Medical

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    formalism and materialism and promoted its own ideology. Even though it took place during the eighteenth century‚ it finally appeared in American literature only around the year of 1820. It was the period after the end of American Revolution‚ that’s why Romanticism was known as the period of national extension and determination of a distinctive American voice. American Romanticism was often viewed as artistic movement‚ nevertheless‚ it also had important political‚ social and nationalistic aspects.

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    as North Baldwin Infirmary goes the data showed unfavorable and comparable data sets. However‚ all the information deemed comparable reflects positively in this instance. The relative median time patients waited in the emergency room prior to receiving medication to help cope with pain management was 82% for North Baldwin and 60% for Florida with the national average being 50%. The number of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus identified by a blood lab was less than 1.2% for Baldwin Infirmary

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    The stories Freak the Mighty and Stargirl may seem like very different stories. One is a story about two boys becoming best friends and the other book is about two teens dating. But‚ if we look a little closer we can see that they are actually very similar. They share the common theme‚ “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover.” We see this theme all throughout the book Stargirl‚ when everyone doubts and judges the protagonist‚ Stargirl‚ for being very different. On the outside‚ she is a very outgoing

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