maxwell  max '' kane was telling the story in freak the mighty.
maxwell  max '' kane was telling the story in freak the mighty.
who is telling the story in freak the mighty?
maxwell `` max '' kane
bullet::::- maxwell "max" kane is the main character and narrator of the story. he is described to be very big and have a striking resemblance to his father, kenneth (killer) kane. in day care, max earned the nickname "kicker" because he had a thing of booting and kicking anyone who dared to touch him, when he was a child. max lives with his grandparents, grim and gram, and usually stays in "the down under", a small room in the basement. he hates his father, whom he witnessed killing his mother, annie. he becomes best friends with freak, who customarily rides on his shoulders and acts as max's surrogate "brain". max becomes depressed after freak dies, locking himself in "the down under" for days. he is also very insecure about himself. he usually calls himself a "butthead" and is never confident. until freak comes along, max cannot read or write.
freak the mighty
after having a seizure on his birthday, freak is admitted into the hospital, where he gives max a blank book, telling him to write the story of freak the mighty in it. max returns to the hospital the next day to find that freak died because his heart became too big for his body. dr. spivak, kevin's doctor, reveals that freak knew he was going to have a very short life, but he told max he was going to get a bionic body because it would give max hope. the fair gwen moves away, with a new man she is in love with, and max misses freak's funeral, staying in his room, the "down under" for months. not even grim or gram can get him out, until grim orders max to return to school. one day, max sees loretta, who tells him "doing nothing's a drag, kid", so max writes all of the adventures he and freak had, in honor of his best friend.
freak the mighty