1. Why does Loretta try to save Max? What does this tell us about her? How does she finally save Max?

2. Why is the scene with Kevin and the squirt gun funny? Does Kevin recognize the humor? Does Max?

3. Why are Kevin and Max such good friends?  Do you think they are very different? How?

1. Why does Max agree with his father, who says, "I, Kenneth David Kane, do swear by all that's Holy that I did not murder this boy's mother"? What does the story Kenny tells about the "injustice" that was done him, tell us about him?

2. How are Kevin and Kenny similar in how they deal with the world? How are they different?

3. What is the irony in calling the tenements the New Testaments? What is ironic about Killer Kane posing as the Reverend Kenneth David Kane? Why is Kenny's remark that you should never trust a cripple ironic?

1. Why do we care about what happens to Max and Kevin? How does the author make us care about them?

2. How does the location of Max's room "down under" relate to how he feels about himself?

3. How does Freak get Max out of his room? What is "magic" about their quests?

4. Does Freak really believe that he will be "the first bionically improved human" by having a body transplant? What does Freak mean when he says "you can remember anything, whether it happened or not"?

Welcome to the Freak the Mighty blog.

You will be blogging 3 times a week during this novel unit.  Every week I will post 3 questions.  You will respond  to 2 of the 3 questions that I post.  Your third entry for the week will be a response to another student's entry.  Remember that when you are responding to another student's blog you are commenting positively and appropriately.

Blogging rules - 

1. Use appropriate language.
   
2. You may only blog about the book.  Nothing personal!
   
3. You will not post any personal information (use first names only).
   
4. Use proper grammar and spelling.
   
5. Use evidence from the novel to support your answers.
   

You must respond to 2 of the 3 following questions or thoughts - 

1. Why is Max convinced he does not have a brain? Is his assessment of himself as a "butthead" correct? 

2. Do our opinions of ourselves affect what others think of us? Do others' opinions of us affect how we feel about ourselves?

3. Why does Max call the first chapter of his book, "The Unvanquished Truth"?