When I first heard of Freak the Mighty, All I thought was " What the hell ". I heard many funny titles, but this one sounded ridiculous. When my 5th grade teacher told us we're reading Freak the Mighty as a read-aloud . I was upset and I decided I wasn't going to pay attention and I won't care.     
     After my teacher finished reading aloud this book. I thought why not read it on your own. So i read it, and i thought this is a really good book. But one part I really appreciated in the book, really stood out. What I love about Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick is how Max has to deal with this one problem throughout the book which is his size. And how tall he is.
 
     If you haven't realized yet I read the book again in 8th grade. As I grow older and I experience more things in my life. I can really connect  to Max. People give Mac many nicknames throughout the book. For ex. Giant, Beast, and the Giant retard. I can connect to that because my sister has nicknames for me because I'm taller than her. For ex. She calls me an overgrown 8th grader, Fatty the Giant, and the Fat Tall LOSER. After reading the book  I jusy do what Max does and ignore it. And make my life keep going. I appreciate how I learn stuff from Max.
      As I write this appreciation I'm just basically thinking, Max and I have a lot in common. What we share is diffrent. For ex. As Max get's olderhe's starting to look more like his father who was a killer. And people always tell me as I get older I'm starting to look like my mother. Though It's not really a problem for Max, it is because if Max looks exactly like him they might think that's killer kane. He might kill us. And hime being tall and big dosen't help.  
         This last paragraph soo Totally dosen't have to deal with a problem Max has. Since Mmax is big and tall he can actually help people. He basicall helps Freak ALL throughout the book. By him basically being Freaks arms and legs. Max is strong when he wants to be or when somethig URGENT happens. Like in the end when Max's father was choking Loretta. Maax became the strongest man in the world.

          Did you really think being tall and big was an easy thing. Or being 3 feet tall in middle school was easier. Freak the Might from diffrent prospectives that its NOT easy. The book puts you in a totally diffrent world. Where small people are big, and big people are small.