...grades and usually helps his teachers and our parents when they ask. But most of the time, that’s not him. At home he’s really annoying and loud when playing on the PS4 with his friends by yelling and laughing all the time. He is not very kind to our little sisters always teasing them and distracting them while they’re trying to work. Even though that is an example of something that looks good but is actually bad, there are also situations where it’s bad but is actually good. Rodman Philbrick gives multiple great example of this in his book Freak the Mighty. Max, one of the main characters from Freak the Mighty, is introduced as “a stupid butthead” who is “growing about an inch a day” and who thinks of himself as unable to learn and too stupid for school. But when he meets Freak, he starts to learn more than he thought he could.Freak teaches him how to read, do math, and many more things he wouldn’t be able to do if it weren't for Freak. At the end of the story Max says, “And now that I’ve written a book, I might even read a few.” which shows that he...
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...According to “grandparents.com,” 6.2 million or 5.3% of all U.S. households with grandparents live under the same roof as their grandkids. In this case, Max is living with Grim, his grandpa, in Rodman Philbrick’s Freak the Mighty. Grim has changed all throughout the book. Kenny Kane the killer has got him more protective over Max. For example, wanting to get a gun and putting a restraining order against Kenny Kane. In the beginning of the novel, Grim was not very fond of Max and was scared of him. For instance, in chapter 2, Max thinks that his grandpa “... has it fixed in his head I’m at a dangerous age and they need to keep me under observation,” (5). This quote explains that Grim is scared that Max will grow up like his dad. For example,...
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