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    Freak the Mighty is a story of two characters that learn that being different is a good thing to be. In the book‚ both characters find out if they learn how to work with each other that make adventures. The book‚ Freak the Mighty is by Rodman Philbrick. In this book‚ it tells a story about Max who has special needs and Kevin who has a medical disease that make him unable to walk right. Max and Kevin learn the benefits of each other’s mind. As in the book‚ Max learns with Kevin’s help that he can

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    The novel Freak the Mighty is the story of a special friendship between two boys. The movie version The Mighty shows many of the adventures the boys shared. In the movie‚ much is shown with Kevin and Max and the similarities to the Knights of the round table such as how the knights were chivalrous‚ how they were brave‚ and how they were helpful to the weak. The knights were chivalrous to the ladies that needed help with anything. Freak and Max were chivalrous to the lady that need help getting

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    benefit me later on in life. Out of all the important things I have learned this year‚ there were three that have impacted my school year the most: Reading the book Freak the Mighty‚ learning the importance friendship‚ and what I am going to do with my life after high school. In the beginning of the year we read a great book called Freak the Mighty. As we read the book our teacher taught us how to annotate and take notes on what we thought was important. Our teacher explained to us through a study

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    Have you ever felt like the underdog? Have you been treated like you were less than a person? Well take a lesson or two from Freak the Mighty. Our main characters‚ Max and Kevin‚ are a dynamic duo. We have Max‚ the Mighty‚ who is considered to be the stupid and strong youth that is going to turn out to be...eek‚ eek...his father‚ Killer Kenny Kane. We also have Kevin‚ Freak‚ the uber smart‚ crippled kids that moves in next door to Max at the beginning of their eighth grade year of school. Due to

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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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    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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    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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    Shopper” by Michael Hobbes is a piece that was posted in the Highline: Huffington Post. Hobbes argues that the ethical shopper no longer exists and for reasons he drones on about‚ will never exist again. American brands have been outsourcing their sweatshops for decades‚ which will be discussed in “The Ideal Sweatshop.” However‚ Hobbes brings a new element into the mix‚ because the countries that are being outsourced to have to produce clothing for their own populations as well the problem becomes unsustainable

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    United States has more malls than high schools and the number of shopping centers is increasing each year (378). It is clear that malls are a large part of our society. In "Shopping for American Culture‚" James Farrell claims that the 45‚000 malls in America define American values and culture because malls are the ideal environment for social interaction‚ aesthetic appreciation‚ and equality of consumerism. While Farrell talks through the majority of his essay about the benefits of the mall‚ his final

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