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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Freak the Mighty and The Mighty. The Mighty is the movie while the other is the book. Both the film and the book are about two boys who bond and have a unique friendship. There are many scenes from the movie that differ from the book. Those stages include Tony D.(Blade) who throws a basketball at Kevin‚ a restaurant scene that was not included in the book. Finally‚ Kevin was never his tutor in the writing. Let’s begin with Tony D hitting Kevin with a basketball. In the scene Tony D is playing basketball
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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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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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It is important to live by the proverb “when he has to‚ the devil eats flies” which can be shown through Anne Frank’s survival of the holocaust‚ the bombing of Pearl Harbor‚ the book known as “Vampire Mountain” from the Cirque Du Freak series‚ and finally the events of September 11th‚ 2001. Anne Frank shows the proverb “When he has to‚ the devil eats flies” which‚ coincidentally‚ originated in germany‚ when she uses an office and warehouse as a hiding place‚ dies of disease‚ and must live with
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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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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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In‚ Freaks‚ Geeks‚ and Cool Kids: American Teenagers‚ Schools‚ and the Culture of Consumption‚ Murray Milner argues that the teenage behaviors which provoke adults do not arise from hormones‚ bad parenting‚ poor education‚ or the media; rather from young people’s lack of power over the direction of their lives. Most teenagers have little say over the school they attend‚ their courses of study‚ and their classmates. Even fewer still do not have voting and drinking privileges and are not financially
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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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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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