Appreciation First Draft

You know that you have a book when the two main characters are a short genius and a big idiot who bond and become the best of friends and start "riding high above the world and slaying dragons."

There can only be one book I'm talking about, Freak The Mighty and that is one of the many things that make me read this book over and over again, the uniqueness. This book is one of the most unique books in the world because it's different from any other book I have read and this is why I keep reading it time and time again. For me, it takes a lot to get me reading realistic fiction, I mean A LOT, but this book, whatever the reason, has drawn me in and won't let go and I am glad for that.

I can make a connection here despite this books uniqueness. I feel like Max and Freak can be compared to any other character's that are different, for example Wilbur in E.B. White's Charlotte’s Web because they both have something different about them that people don't like or that make them out of the group until a friend comes along who will accept them for who they are.

Another thing I appreciate although others may disagree was the movie. Although people will argue that hey they wrote a whole damn new beginning, well that is what I liked most about the movie and the book for that matter, how they met. In the book it is when Freak loses an Ornithopter in a tree, in the movie Blade rolls a basketball at Freak, which knocks him down, and Max gets blamed for it. The reason why I love the fact that there are two different beginnings and their relationships start differently but they still end the same, with me in tears.  Personally I loved the actors; they kept it action packed and humorous while still keeping that great essence of the book. Kieran Culkin played freak, and was very good. Although he wasn’t the textbook Freak I still love the job that he did. Eldon Henson played Max I loved this. I don’t think they could have picked someone better to play Max, he really made himself seem like a big bumbling idiot.

And last but certainly not least, actually probably greatest thing I appreciate is how this short little genius and this big idiot, bond and become great friends. Personally I love this idea that 2 people so different can bond and turn into great friends, personally I don’t think in real life it is like this, or at least not in middle school. In middle school everyone stays to their own little group of friends. This also goes back to my first idea but I won't get into that. I love how they become friends, by the same common goal and interest, adventure, even though Max doesn't know that's what he loves yet. Regardless of how they became friends I love it how they ARE friends because it really shows that anybody can be anybody's friend if they try hard enough. The only thing I question is the truth to this, can anybody actually be friends despite their differences, I think that the answer is yes and I also think that people should give anybody and everybody a shot, I try to do that to the best of my abilities and I think everyone else should to.