Freak The Mighty – Round 2
What if . . . Pick Kevin or Max.
The purpose of predicting is to illustrate that you know how to make inferences and use them to make reading more exciting.
What’s an inference when it comes to literature? As a reader you make inferences when you predict that something will happen based on details or facts from the text.
For this blog entry, you will make educated guesses about a main character’s choices based on knowledge that you have gleaned from reading the book. Your response to this blog will illustrate how well you understand the character you write about.
- Your response must take the form of a short paragraph – a paragraph is made up of a main idea sentence and supporting detail sentences. A good short paragraph would have 5 or more sentences.
- You must provide at least 3 specific examples from the novel that would convince me that your prediction is probable and possible.
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Here we go!!
Choose one (1, 2, 3 or 4) of the following suggested situations for your main character.
Write an essay completing the topic sentence with one of your choices.
Make sure that your choice is supported with specific details from the book, because you are making an inference that should be based on facts.
1) The main character ____________, will probably die:
a) in a car accident
b) of a strange disease
c) of a broken heart
d) by lethal injection
e) choose another method: ___________________________________
2) If the main character, ________________, could choose a vacation location, he would prefer:
a) sunbathing in Hawaii
b) camping in the Rocky Mountains
c) fishing in Wisconsin
d) skiing in Europe
e) choose another vacation location: __________________________
3) For his birthday, the main charcter ___________________, would like the following gift:
a) a motorcycle
b) a $200 dollar gift certificate to a clothing store
c) a computer
d) a case of something to drink
e) choose another gift: _______________________________________
4) The main character, _____________________, wins a One Million Dollar Lottery and must decide what to do with the money. His choice is to:
a) give some or all of it to a charity or cause
b) take a trip around the world
c) go into hiding in the mountains
d) buy lots of materialistic things
e) choose another spending choice: ___________________________________________
You must choose one from the above choices, and write a paragraph that explains your choice using facts from the novel. Happy writing!!
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The main character, Max, wins a One Million Dollar Lottery and must decide what to do with the money. His choice is to go into hiding in the mountains. As Max has shown many times in the past, he is a very solitary kind of individual. The fact that he could befriend Kevin is amazing enough in itself. A perfect example? The Down Under. The main reason he likes it so much is because it’s musty and dismal and not many people will bother him there. If it were up to Max, I’m sure he would want to live somewhere where he could be alone like that 24/7 and not be bothered from the world around him.
The hred is suppose to be harder. opps.
Also, Mr moshe, I tried to post to the blog on Friday at nine but the page didn’t work. So since you didn’t close the blog yet and it works… I posted to it.
The main character, Kevin, will probably die of a strange desease. I think this is true because in the novel it said his insides are growing faster than his outsides. If your body is too small for ur organs, they will work hred than they need too. Another example is when they are at Iggy’s returning the purse to Loretta, Max said Kevin is all bent up on the inside, so he can’t sit up straight. The last reason why I think Kevin will die of a strange desease is he was born with a birth defect.
If the main character Kevin could choose a vacation location, he would go all around the world. I say that because he is smart and he must think about other places. I also think maybe if he did go around the world someone could really find a bionic body for him or atleast a cure for his disease.I think freak traveling would be great for his dictionary. Learning new words and languages from different people.Freak says things like Potassium nitrate, Sulphur, Aluminum when fireworks blow up.So he would be the perfect person to go around the world.
I chose that kevin won the million dollar lotto.Kevin gave most of it to the bionics foundation and used the rest to pay for his surgery.I also think that if kevin gave them the money he would of held off on the surgery until they got more info and that might of saved his life.
I also have a question about Kevin saying that you can remember anything wheter it happened or not. This makes me think what if Max didn’t really remeber seing Kenny kill his mom, did he believe that it happened because he said so? Why is that in the book in the first place? I think the book would have been a great book wtihout the remebering even if it didn’t happen in the first place.
To Matthew in period 1 how are you and Max alike? I am asking you this because I never thought that you two were alike.
My character is Max. I chose question #1. The main character, Max, will probably die of (c) a broken heart. This is because Kevin and Max were close friends. They “slayed dragons and rescued damsels in distress” together. Kevin helped Max learn to read and write. Max was heartbroken when he discovered that Kevin died in the operation.
Kevin will most likly die of a strange disease because; in the story it states how he’s growing on the inside but not the outside, how he has a seizure rarely but still has them, and he is having increasing difficulty breathing. He also takes trips to the hospital at least monthly to get a check-up, and get measured for his “bionic body”.
The main character I choose is Kevin a.k.a. freak. I think freak is goin to die of a heart disease because I read it all so I know. For, his birthday I think freak would like a computer because he likes technology and making things like the ornithopter he had made. If Kevin could take a trip he would probably want to go to the midevil times to experince what it was like during those times. It would have really cool too if he would have been able to get crowned as a knight. If he would have won a milion dollars he would probably travel the world to learn more about other places and go on even bigger adventures.
sorry just saw the post that said no last names
I choose number one I think kevin will die because like they said he will die because all of his internal body parts are growing but the outside isn’t and his birth defect is the reason for it… In the end of it all kevin dies because his heart grows to big for his body …
For his birthday Kevin would like a computer. Because based on the story he loves technology and is a genius. I think with the computer he could look up new words and inventions to help him in his studies. The computer could also help him learn and teach Max. So that is why I think Kevin would want a computer for his birthday!!
Why would kevin want a computer, if he already has one?
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For his birthday the main character Kevin,would probably like a computer.He would like a computer because he likes learning new things. He always uses big wordsand is intrested in his studies.Kevin likes school and loves learning. Kevin would always want to look up things and search for new ideas and things he never knew about. He likes making things and loves technology. So thats why i think Kevin would pick a computer.
For the first one I think Kevin will most likely to die from an operation.He will most likely to die from an operation because he is going to be the first person they try the operation on and they have not tested it yet on a human ,so they don’t know what the side affects may be.Also kevin’s body is weak and he can’t fight symtoms off that well and can probably get have minor injures.
I choose question 1. I think that the main character Freak,or kevin, will probably die from a type of disease. I already read the book but before i did i thought he would die from a disease because the book said that the inside of his body was growing to fast and i thought that eventually he would grow so big that he would either explode or his insides would be crushed fro the growing.
I think that if Max were to win that million dollars he would give some or all to a charity or cause because he felt sory for kevin, and if that meant giving money to help a cause or charity for the same disease kevin had he would.
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I think the main character Kevin his spine getting so out of shape that his spine will crush his heart, I haveheard of that kind of stuff happening on TV.Either that or something go’s wrong when they put on his bionic suit.
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If i could pick a character it would be kevin . The perfect birthday gift for him would probaly be a computer because he is so smart and he uses big words and when u think of a boy like kevin a computer comes to mind . He would also want a computer to help totur max and it would be alot easier to just look it up on the computer instead of that stupid dictionary he always carrys around .!! Well thats what i think kevin would like as a birthday gift!! =]
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i thinkhe would actually hide in the mountains.because he would probably think people would take atvantage of his fortune.or would probably become stir crazy/ paranode.
I pick Kevin. I think he will die of a strange disease because, he is not growing on the outside but on the inside. mebey a strange disease is causing that. I think Kevin would like to go fishing in Wisconsin bacause, its fun, relaxing, easy, and you see alot of intresting things when you go. For Kevins Birthday i think he would enjoy getting a new updated pocket notebook.
If the main character, max, wins a $1,000,000 lottery, i think he’ll probably go into hiding in the mountains. I think he’ll go into hiding because he wouldn’t want his dad to find out he has won and come after him and his grandparents again. Considering the fact that Grim and Gram are already really scared of max’s dad kenny, max wouldnt want to cause them anymore trouble, and lead Grim to buy the gun Gram doesnt want him to get. Plus, im sure that kenny woudnt care about killing some people to get the million dollars that he needs to start over, considering that he almost killed his bestfriend loretta, and his own son, max.
I chose Max as the main character, number 1, and I chose another method.
I think Max will die from old age (naturaly). I don’t think he would be like his Father where he is put in jail, did drugs, etc.I think he will be a very nice person. I couldn’t emagine him ever being like his father. Then again, Max could die from something like a car accident. Only time can tell.
I think if Max won a million dollars he would give some or all of it to a charity. Max doesn’t seem likea selfish child. Also from his experience of being friends with Freak he understands that there are other people who need money and help out there. Whether it be for disabilities or other reasons. Max is more of a helpful caring person now. He’s learned a lot frombeing friends with Freak.
The main charcter Kevin will probably die of a strange disease.I think this because he was born with a birth defect and he has to go to the hospital a few times a month.Plus he already has breathing and heart problems and its kind of obvious what will happen next.
1. I think Kevin the main character will die because something goes rong in the research lab.While he is switching his body parts with the bionic ones
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I agree with what Matthew said about Max. He probably would like to go camping with Freak though, like one of the quests they went on. But nowa that freak is dead, he would have noone to go camping with, so it wouldn’t be fun.
I think he would want the human robot suit for his birthday. I think he would want this for his birthday because he is always telling Max how one day he is going to have the armor suit like the knights in King Arthur. He might also like the computer because he could do alot of research about the things he likes but 1. in the story it says he already has a computer and 2. he would probably like the suit better because he wants to be able to be tell without him being on Maxs’ shoulders.
I agree with Camila.
I chose question 3. For his birthday, the main charater Freak got a computer. He has been wanting it for a long time. His mom ordered it for his magizen catalog. He new ehat it was but he acted surprized anyways.
I think Kevin is going to die from a critical conditon because of the condition he has inside of him. Since he is starting to have problems already of breathing and sezsures and i think thats already the signs. I already know what happened to kevin…
The main character Max would like to go on a camping trip to the Colorado, Rockies because Max seems like an outdoor kind of person. Even though he doesnt come outside much that doesnt meen that he doesnt like camping. For me camping is fun and Max is like me in a way.
I think that Freak will die of a strange disease. The reason I say that is because in the book it says that Freak had to visit the Doctor almost every month(not sure?). It also said that he was going to be getting a whole new body. Which is strange? Why would he need a mechanical body if his own body will grow when it has time. If he can grow at least. The last reason why I say he will die is because he choked over eating food. Either he was eating too fast, his trachea is too small, or he had a weird type of fit. Who knows? All I know is that my prediction is that he will die of a strange disease.
In the book Max chills with a boy named Kevin,a.k.a. Freak.Who he thinks gave him a mind to think or a brain to many.Now if Max or Mighty won an one million dollar lottery he most likely will give it to charity or a cause.A cause being a type of disease.I say that Max would give it to a cause or a charity because his “brain” or “Freak”, has a disability or a disease which he is always being made fun of because of his condition.In that being said Max looks up to “Freak”. No literally he looks up to “Freak”.So he will donate that money to the charity that has to deal with his disease.
the person that i chose is Kevin. the question that i chose is number 2. If Kevin could choose a vacation location, he would prefer is none of the chioces that was listed, i think that he would come to medieval times in orlando. Kevin loves learning about King Arthur and knight. In medieval time it is like being in the middle ages in a real knight battle.
lenin i think you mixed up max with kevin because kevin is the one that is obssed with midieval times
1) The main character ____________, will probably die:
a) in a car accident
b) of a strange disease
c) of a broken heart
d) by lethal injection
e) choose another method: ___________________________________
I think kevin would die form a strange disease.because they say he has a rare disease that makes the inside of his body grow but not the outside, also he has those breathing problems sometimes. He hs a birth defect, i think and thats what causes his problems. Also when he was eating lunch he choked cuz he ate to fast. thats why ithink he would die from a strange disease.
The main character is Max and if he won a milloin dollars i think he would use it for a charity or give some of it to the hospital Kevin was going to get his operation at. Max would probably want ot help with the research at the bionics labrotory. So he would help fund there research because Max cared about Kevin and Max would want to help other people like Kevin.
I think that Kevin will die from a strange disease,which is from not growing physically. In the story kevin is very weak like the time he was eating too fast and he chock,he is very small because he doesn’t grow much which of course means that his organs will eventually be too big for his body.kevin also have breathing problems for example when he is going into Max`s room he gets really tired before he even gets there.
The main character Kevin, will probably die from the strange disease, because even when he was young and had the fatal disease,he knew that he wouldn’t live to be very old.His insides will probably grow to big for his small body .Kevin was intelligent enough to figure out that he will pass away eventually. He even goes to a new part of the hospital(medical research)every couple months, so i think they did some experiments to try to save Kevin. I think he might die when they do the operation to make his body bigger.
The main character Kevin will die from a strange disease. There was a birth defect when he was born and he sometimes has trouble breathing and starts to choke. He also has to walk around with crutches.(When hes not on Max’s shoulder) Kevin always talking about getting a new bionic body since his isnt growing very much and his organs are. Another reason Kevin is most likely to die from a strange disease is because he is always having to go to the hostpital and getting tests done and other sorts of stuff.
I think that Kevin will die of a serious disease because after he got hiscomputer he had a seizure and even though they took him to the ospital for the bionics treatment I think that he will die because the last part I read was that Kevin was lying about the fact that there was a real bionics unit at all. He was also having some complications in growing and the doctor said that she could use all the big words that Kevin used, but instead she said that Kevin’s heart got to big for his body. My guess is that he had a heart attack or it burst open or something. It stinks that they had to kill the smart one.
The main character Kevin will probably die of a strange disease.I think this because he has so many problems breathing and growing.Since the outside of his body grows slower than the inside,I think that the his insides will either rot or finally combust from all of the pressure that has been put on it.
I chose question four and picked Max. I think Max would give and spend the money on things for Kevin because he cares so much about him. For example when Kevin was choking on the chop seuy Max ran to the nurse. When she was helping Kevin Max kept jumping up and down nervously. Also when Kevin was going into the ambulance he kept trying to go inside to see if Kevin was okay. Kevin also helped him to read better. Thats what I think max would spend the money on.
THE MAIN CHARACTER KEVIN WOULD PROBABLY VACATION IN THE TIME OF THE ICE AGE. IN THE BOOK HE SAID THAT HE WANTED TO BE THE ONE TO INVENT ELECTRICITY . KEVIN SEEMS LIKE IF HE WERE LIVINIG IN THE ICE AGE THAN EVERYTHING WOULD BE MORE ADVANCED BECAUSE OF THE WORK HE HAS ALEADY DONE. I THINK THAT THE TIME OF THE ICE AGE WOULD JUST EXPAND HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE ICE AGE. THE ICE AGE WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE FOR KEVIN TO VACATION AT BECAUSE HE WOULD ENJOY IT AND HE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PAST
The main character Kevin, would probably choose his vacation location, back to the time of King Arthur. Kevin had this obsession with King Arthur that made Max think that he was crazy.He always used his imagination on people or events that happened during the Arthurian time,comparing it to actual things that was in his life at the time. For example,he called his mother, who’s name was Gwen, “Fair Gwen”, after the beautiful, woman representer of the the Arthurian time Guinevere.
I think the main character, Kevin, will die from a strange disease. He is already ill, and has a rare disease. If Kevin could choose a vacation, it would probably be to an infamous museum. He seems to enjoy things that associate with geniuses. For his birthday, Kevin would like a computer. He probably would be very intrested in it, many geniuses are. If the main character, Kevin, won a million dollars, he would probably donate it to charity. Kevin seems to carry many morals.
Ichose #1e andI chose max
I think that max might die of a leathal injection because he really big and people might wrongly acuse him of killing some one . Also maybe on day he might get really get fed up with blade and just start afight with him and accedentally kill him. And since blade is so bad and dosnt like max if ha ever kills some one(witch he probablly will)he would try to frame ax andmax being so big people probably would suspect him more.
Even though I chose the birthday question, I alos agree highly with Shannon if I were to pick where he would go.