Question

How did the friendship and death of kevin change Max's life? Use a specific example from the book.

Answer 1

Kevin and Max’s friendship changed immensely over the course of the story. In the beginning of the book. Max thought of freak as this little short guy who walks weird, his chest puffs out, is obsessed with robots, and a total genius. Kevin thinks of Max as this big scary guy. As the story goes on, Max is beginning to feel very lucky for knowing Kevin. Kevin helped in school, with Tony D., with his dad, and a lot more. Kevin begins to like Max because he feels important on Max’s shoulders, and he knows that if he can’t do something because of his disease, then he can rely on Max. You can really tell that they became really close friends because in the end of the book when Freak dies, Max doesn’t know what to do with his life. He feels helpless without Freak and he feels lost. Max and Kevin didn’t like each other in the beginning, but they both felt they needed each other to be Freak the Mighty. Freak announces proudly, “Were Freak the Mighty that’s who we are. We’re nine feet tall, in case you haven’t noticed.” {39-40} (Jamie H. 7A)

Answer 2

Max was really sad that he died.