1) What do we find out about Kevin’s father by the end of chapter 11? How do you feel about Kevin’s father being a “magician”?
2. Reread Chapter 9, that's right go back and RE-READ chapter 9 (remember you don't have reading logs) and answer the following quesions:
a. Why do you think it is so important for Freak to take Max to see the hospital?
b. Does Freak really believe that he will be “the first bionically improved human” by having a body transplant?
c.What does Freak mean when he says, “You can remember anything, whether it happened or not”?
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We found out that Kevin's dad left his mom when he heard that Kevin had a growing disability."Yeah," Loretta said, "right after you was born. He must be a magician, because as soon as he heard the magic words "birth defect" he dissapeared." I feel that Kevin's dad is not a good dad. A good dad would stay his son because he should be proud of his son, whether he is tall or short. I am glad my dad is not like that. I think that Freak and Max have another similarity because both of their dads weren't very good people.
N.E.#4
Kevin’s dad wasn't really a magician he just disappeared when he heard Kevin had a growing problem.That is why Iggy says he was a magician. He just disappeared.Pg.70-71
I think that he wants to take him to the hospital to show Max that one day he'll have a whole new body.
Yes Freak thinks he'll be the first bionically improved man with a bionic body transplant. Because on pg.50-52 he says in some futer time he'll be the first person to have a bionical body.
When Freak says that he probably means that you can reamember it if it happens to you or if you imagine it. Like I remember my dad crying but it never really happened. I just imagined it.
E.S.#19
1) At the end of chapter 11 we find out that when Freak’s father found out that his kid was disabled, he ran away. He disappeared just like a magician would. I really don’t understand why he ran away just because his kid is disabled. No one is perfect. If my kid was disabled I would make sure he was properly treated.
2)a. I think Freak showed the hospital to Max so that Max knows where Freak is going to become the first bionically improved human. To Freak, he only tell it to one of his friends (since Max is his only friend, he would only tell it to him).
b. I’m not sure if Freak is telling the truth about becoming a robot because he was very serious when he said it. I’m not sure because at the time when this story takes place, they’re aren’t many robots around. Freak also has a vivid imagination.
c. What Freak means by you can remember anything whether it happened or not is that if it really happened,if you think hard enough, you can remember it. If it didn’t happen, then someone probably told you a something that never actually happened. The more you hear it, the more you think it’s true, until it becomes a part of your memory. Then you can’t tell if it’s your memory or if it’s someone’s made up story.
JT #22
On p. 71 we find out that as soon as Kevin's father found out that Kevin had some birth defects he left Gwen to raise Kevin all by herself. I think that he couldn't stand the shame of being a father of a kid who had some birth defects. Now though he has the shame of leaving his son and wife which I think is worse than the shame of being the father of a kid with a few birth defects. It is so important to Freak to take Max to the hospital because he wanted to show were he had been. Freak does think that he will be the first bionically improved human by having a body transplant because Freak belives that nothing is impossible and that robots are suopirier to everything. What Freak means by you can remember anything whether it happened or not is that if you have an imagination and if you imagion something in great enough detail it can seem real.
Question 1: We learned that Kevin's father left him because when he was born, Kevin's father found out that Kevin had problems with growing, so he wasn't really a magician, he just disappeared because he didn't want the responsability of taking care of someone with problems.
Question 2: A) I think it's so important for Freak to take Max to see the hospital because in Freak's dictionary the types of experiments they do are creating a "new form of bionic robot for human modification" page 51. Freak loves robots and he says they're making new robots. B) Freak does believe because on page 52 Freak says that that hospital that they're looking at gave him x-rays and cat-scanned and sonogrammed etc. and he's saying all those things are testing him on if he needs a body transplant. C) What Freak means by "you can remember anything, whether it happened or not" by if people tell you stories and they're not true you can still remember the story even if it's not true. Also, if you know something that happened like the twin towers that basicly all of us remember it stays in your head forever.
K.L. #9
At the end of chapter 11 we found out that Kiven's dad was a "Magician" I think Loretta has to do with something about his dad. I would be really sad if I heard that my dad left because I was born. I think the dad didn't even tell Kiven's mom that he was going to leave. I think that he didn't want his son because like N.E#4 said Kiven has a growing promblem. It's important for freak to take max to the hospital because the shows that Freak trusts him to know and he said "can you keep a secret" and he told Max that he was going to be the first robot. Freak thinks he will be an real robot max said "why do you have to be the first robot why not someone else?" you can tell max doesn't want Freak to be the first robot. I think that Max deosn't want something to go wrong but Freak think he'll be OK. He still want to be a robot. I think his saying that people tell you things that can be true or can not be true.
C.G#6
a. I think Freak wanted to take Max to the hospital to show him where he thinks he is having a "body transplant." And also Max says he knows that Freak shows him the hospital because this is a place "where he's been." (pg. 52). This shows that Freak trusts Max more and more because he's telling him something that he's never told him before.
b.I think that Freak does believe that he will be the first bionically improved human by having a body tansplant because it says: "I can tell he really means it. This isn't a pretend quest, or making houses into castles or swimming pools into moats. This is why we came here, so Freak could show me where he's been."
c.You can think that you remember something even if it didn't happen because you could convince yourself that it happened. This might happen if you wanted to forget what really happened.
We found out how kevins dad left them because as Lorretta and Iggy said Yea right after you was born.He must be a magician, because as soon as he herd the word birth defect he dissipeered. I feel that kevins dad was not a nice dad, like ne 4 said, because you woudlnt just leave if your son had birth defect you would try to help your son and make him feel like he doesnt have birth defect.
A:What Freak means by saying you can remember anything whether it happened or not.Is that you should always use your imagination to make up things even though the thing that you made up never really happened.
B:The importance of Freak taking Max to the hospital is beacuase he can trust max and Freak thinks that hes the only person that can share his feelings with and he wont tell anyone else so it will still be a secret when your are telling someone.
C:Yes Freak does believe he will be the first person beaacuase he said over and over agian that he wil be the first person and Max asked if he was shure about getting a bionicle transplant and he kept saying yes.
DM 10
Question 1: We find out that Kevin never really had a father because he left after Kevin was born. I think Kevin father is a nasty mean and cruel person. I know it would be hard to have a child who had a special need but you still should love that child because it your's.
Question 2: A. Freak thinks it's important for Max to see the hospital because thats something important to him and so is Max.I think Freak didn't have any friends before Max. Now Freak has a friend he can trust.
Question 2: B. Freak does think he will be the first to be a bionically improved human because on page 52 Freak tells Max all about the stuff the doctors tested him on, and how they're starting to make the suit.
Question 2: C. I think Freak means you have an imagination. So you can make things up (like quests) and remember them. If you are really imaginative you can make things you imagine seem real.
We found out that Kevin's father left him and his mom at the end of the chapter because Loretta finally found the answer of who Kevin was or who's kid he was. His father left him because as soon as the doctor told his parents at the hospital when he was born that Kevin had a growth disability, his father was like a magician and dissapeared right out of there. He didn't really dissapear, he just went away. Loretta even said in chapter 11, page 71, "Yeah, right after you was born. He MUST be a magician, because as soon as he heard the magic words, " birth defect," he dissapeared." At first I thought they really ment he was a magician, but later in the chapter you found out that Loretta was just using it as an expretion. I felt that it wasn't fair to Kevin that he had to find out about his father that way, and he is a smart, good, kid and I don't think he deserved to be treated like that.
2. I think it is so important for Freak to show Max the hospital where he is getting his new body parts because he just wants to blurt it out to someone else or at least just tell one other person to get some of his excitment out. Also Freak probably feels he knows Max enough to trust him. He obviously doesn't care about what parents Max has because Max's dad is Killer Kane. Freak only cares about the person inside.
b. Yes, Freak probably does believe that he will be " the first bionically improved human" because he probably knows the world has changed a lot and it has improved so much with it's tecnolagy.
c. I think when Freak says,"You can remember anything, whether it happend or not" he means that you can imagine something and always try to do something.
1) We found out that Kevin's father was not a good one because as Loretta says,"Right after you was born. He must be a magician, because as soon as he heard the magic words 'birth defect,' He disappeared." I feel that Kevin's dad was not a bad dad because he wanted to have a normal kid, so he got scared that and he wouldn't be able to take care of Kevin.
2)A. I think why it is so important that Freak brings Max to the hospital is because it is a symbol of trust between them and it strengthens their friendship.
B. Yes I think he believes that he will be the first bionically improved human because it was top secret and Freak only told Max. He says that he has been observed by the doctors in R. and D.
C. Freak means that sometimes your mind plays tricks on you and you will think that you did something that didn't happen.
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Question 1.
We found out that Kevin's father was a magician because when he heard that Kevin had a birth defect,he disappeared.I think that Kevin's father was scared and was afraid of the challanges in the near future.I believe that Kevin's father made the wrong choice of not staying and facing his fears,but instead running away.The consequences of him leaving was that it's hard
1. At the end of chapter 11 we find out about Kevin’s father that on page 71 it says “Yeah, Loretta says. “Right after you was born. He must be a magician, because as soon as he heard the words ‘birth defect,’ he disappeared.” So with that being said I think the reason that Max’s dad “disappeared” was possibly because maybe Killer Kane did not want to see his son growing up, and him growing older {meaning age wise}. Maybe because he did not think that the time was ready for him to have a child and become responsible for his child and, also Killer Kane was not as responsible as he thought he could be after his first child.
A. I think that it is so important for Freak to take Max to see the hospital because on page 52 Freak went through the body transplant and now he was showing Max what it was like to replace a body part. Freak was saying that the doctors were going to make Bionics. The real reason that it was important was because doctors were going to replace some body parts with robot parts, so Freak might have wanted Max to know about this because now that they are friends and usually friends tell each other secrets that they only know.
B. I think that Freak does believe that he is really going to be the first bionically improved human by having a body transplant because I think that Freak is so smart that he has a great imagination. I agree with K.L #9 because on page 52 it does say “They’ve monitored my cardiac rhythms and my respiratory functions. I’ve already been X-rayed and CAT-scanned and sonogrammed.” So like I said that I think Freak is so smart that he has a great imagination that Freak probably figures he is going to be that first bionically improved human.
C. I think what Freak means when he says “You can remember anything, weather it happened or not.” I think that he means anyone can remember anything no matter what ever age you are. The other part is weather it happened or not I think that means weather is really happened in real life or if it did not happen in real life so it could have been in a dream or you just thought of it in your imagination.
K.M #12
1. At the end of chapter 11 we find out about Kevin’s father that on page 71 it says “Yeah, Loretta says. “Right after you was born. He must be a magician, because as soon as he heard the words ‘birth defect,’ he disappeared.” So with that being said I think the reason that Max’s dad “disappeared” was possibly because maybe Killer Kane did not want to see his son growing up, and him growing older {meaning age wise}. Maybe because he did not think that the time was ready for him to have a child and become responsible for his child and, also Killer Kane was not as responsible as he thought he could be after his first child.
A. I think that it is so important for Freak to take Max to see the hospital because on page 52 Freak went through the body transplant and now he was showing Max what it was like to replace a body part. Freak was saying that the doctors were going to make Bionics. The real reason that it was important was because doctors were going to replace some body parts with robot parts, so Freak might have wanted Max to know about this because now that they are friends and usually friends tell each other secrets that they only know.
B. I think that Freak does believe that he is really going to be the first bionically improved human by having a body transplant because I think that Freak is so smart that he has a great imagination. I agree with K.L #9 because on page 52 it does say “They’ve monitored my cardiac rhythms and my respiratory functions. I’ve already been X-rayed and CAT-scanned and sonogrammed.” So like I said that I think Freak is so smart that he has a great imagination that Freak probably figures he is going to be that first bionically improved human.
C. I think what Freak means when he says “You can remember anything, weather it happened or not.” I think that he means anyone can remember anything no matter what ever age you are. The other part is weather it happened or not I think that means weather is really happened in real life or if it did not happen in real life so it could have been in a dream or you just thought of it in your imagination.
K.M #12
1) We found out that Kevin's father did not want to have a son that was disabled. so when he found out about Freak's problem he left the household and never came back.
2) a. I think he takes Max to the hospital beacause he does not want Max to stop being his friend when he gets that robot suit.
b. Yes beacause as he said in chapter 9 he has been there to get it to fit him perfectly so it's not to big and he has never seen another kid.
c. Ithink he says that beacause if you think really hard you can remeber anything and if it didn't happen people probaly told you and then you think it's true then you hear about this fake tale until you think you saw it live.
mc#1
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Question 1.
We found that Kevin's father disappered after he heard the words birth defect.I believe that Kevin's father made a mistake by leaving because Kevin might think that his dad doesn't love him.
Question 2.
A)I think that it was important for Freak to show Max the hospital because it shows Max that Freak trusts Max with his feelings.
B)Freak believes that he will be the first bionically improved body because of what the doctors have shown him through the x-rays.
C)I think that Freak means that you can do anything if you set your mind to it.
I think it was mean of Iggy to call Freak's dad a magician, even if it may be somewhat true. He left(disappeared) because his son had a growing disability (pg. 71). I don't think that the magician comment is true.
Because Freak thinks it is cool that he'll be the first "bionically improved person." (pg. 51). I think he might think that he will be the first bionically improved person even though he's just getting a transplant. I also think he is excited, too. (pgs. 51-52.)
When Freak says you can remember anything whether it happened or not I think it means that sometimes you can remember dreams even though they didn't really happen. He might also mean that your imagination is everlasting and able to make things up and remember them forever.
sm15
1) In chapter 11, we find out that Freak's dad had "disappeared" when he heard that Kevin had a birth defect. He ran away because he didn't want to deal with all of the extra medical treatments. I feel Kevin's dad shouldn't have ran away. Just beacuse his son was physically disablled, doesn't mean he isn't smart or is a good person.
ct#21
2)
a. I think it is important because for Freak because being the first to get a body transplant is a dream of Freak's and being tall is probably something he's been wishing for all of his life.
b.Yes he does believe that he will be "the first bionically improved human" because when a part of your body is replaced with a fake part, that fake part is something scientists had to invent and reserch on because nothing else works like the human body. It's not like taking batteries out of a flshlight and replacing them with knew ones because you need to figfure out how a fake limb or other part of the body could work like a real one.
c. Freak means that you could think something happened even if it didn't. If your mind id determined to think that something happened, then you will believe that it happened. A person's mind can think anything.
ct#21
We find out that Kevens dad ran away because he didn't wan't to have to deal with a disabled child, but Gwen chose to stay.
We find out that Kevens dad ran away because he didn't wan't to have to deal with a disabled child, but Gwen chose to stay.
1)We found out that Freak's dad left freak's mom right after he heard that his son freak was going to be born with a growing disability. "Yeah," Loretta said 'right after you were born. I think it wasn't right for Freak's dad to leave him because a good parent would have stayed even if their son was going to be 1 foot tall. I am really glad that my parents are not like that. I think that max's dad and freak's dad are the same because they were not good fathers and people.
2)I think that freak showed max the hospital because freak can turst max not to tell anyone about what they wiil do to him inside. what they wiil do is make him the first bionically improved human and he would only tell his friends about that and max is his only friend.
b. I think that freak is telling the truth about being the first bionically human because his eyes were very serious when freak told max about what the doctors are going to do to him. Freak might not be telling the truth because there are not very many robot humans.
C. I think what freak means when he said "you can remember anything even if it happen or not is if you did something a long time ago you can still remember it.If it did not happen you probably someone told you something that never happen. The more you hear about it the more you believe it is ture untill it becomes part of your mind.
E.M. #14
We found out that Kevin's dad left Kevin's mom when he heard Kevin had a growing disability. Loretta said he must have been a magican because as soon as he heard the words birth defect he dissapeared.
2)a. I think Freak shows the hospital to Max so he nows were Freak is going to be the first human with a robot body.
b. I think he is telling the truth even though his imagination is great because he semmed very excited when he was telling Max.
c. What Freak means by you can remember any thing whether it happend is that if sombody tells you something and mmore and more people are talking about it you beleave it more. If sombody tells you somethig true and alot of people are talking about it you will beleave it happend.
We found out that Keven's dad ran away because he didn't wan't to have to deal with a disabled child.
The way that I feel about Keven's dad being a "magician," is that he probobley was irresponsible, or scared. Lorretta Lee was making him sound like a bad guy, but I think that he was just scared of being a good father even though she says that when he heared the words birth dafect he was gone. Just like a magician.I think that he ran away because like I sayed before he wasn't that resonsible, so he just didn't wan't to much of it. I think that later in the book Freak will meet his dad, and find out that he is not such a bad guy.
em 13
#1)
At the end of chapter 11 we found out that keven's father is a bad ather because if he was a good father he would problypalying with his father a lot and teach him to do well in school. Instead he did something to git into jail, ad becauseof the nickname, "Killer Kane" it makes a lot of people thinke killed someone.
#2)
a. I think it was important that Freak took Max to see the hospital because if he didn't show him what they were gong to do to him Max probly wouldn't beleave him.
b. Yes, Freak thinks he will be the first bionicaly improved body, I know that because he says, "I'll be the fist bioicaly improved body ever!"
c. I think he means if someone tells you something, you will always remember it, but you have to try harder to rember some things. C.M.#11
At the end of chapter eleven we found out that Kevin's dad was a "magcian," since when Kevin was born and his dad knew he had a growing disabilaty,so he left Kevin and his mom. I feel that it was realy stupid that Kevin's dad left because isn't a parent supposed to love his kid no matter what?
For the second question I think that Freak brought Max to the hospital because he thinks he is going to have a new body transplant, and is going to be a normal person soon. I think that Freak really belives that he is going to have a body transplant because he was being very serrious about it in front of Max. For the last question I think that Freak means about "You can remember anything wether it happend or not" since if people tell a storie and you know it's not true you will still remember it in your head. Like K.L. #9 said about the twin towers it happend and we still remember it in our heads.
G.P.#17
1. I found out that Kevin's Fatheris a magician, I feel shocked about it, because he was in jail, and he had time to do that stuff.
A.I think it is inportant that freak takes Max to the hospital because he can show Max what he has to do every few month to get checked.
B. Yes he does beleave that he will be the first Bionically improved human by having a body transplant, So he can be what he always wanted to be, And if he was taller he would not be called Freak
C.Freak means that his mind plays tricks on him because when he is controling Max he pretends that he is someone else, and his mind does things for him. HT20
B. Yes. I think that Freak beleives that he is going to be the first human improvement by body transplant. I think this because on page 52 he says "True.Iv'e been there in special unit!" I think that he say in a loud voice because it has an exclamation point. Usually when you say things in a loud voice you are serious.
C. I think that "You can remember anything weather it happened or not," meens that if something happens you can remember it, but if if doesn't happen than you can imagine it happening, so it basically meens you if you have an imagination you can remember anything.
em 13
1. We find out in the end of the chapter that Kevin's father dissepeared after he found out Kevin was birth defect. I fell that that's why he ran away. Just because his son was birth defect.
2. It's imporent Freak brings Max to the hospital because he wants to show him he's exited about being the first human to have a bionics trasplant Freak believes he will be the first bionicly impoved humen because he's getting a body trasplant and it sounds like they have a robot body for him. He say's you can rememeber thing whether they happened or not because you can think somthing but it didn't happen that you could remember so it didn't have to happen to remember something.
PD #2
a. I think Freak wanted to take Max to the hospital to show him where he thinks he is having a "body transplant." And also Max says he knows that Freak shows him the hospital because this is a place "where he's been." (pg. 52). This shows that Freak trusts Max more and more because he's telling him something that he's never told him before.
b.I think that Freak does believe that he will be the first bionically improved human by having a body tansplant because it says: "I can tell he really means it. This isn't a pretend quest, or making houses into castles or swimming pools into moats. This is why we came here, so Freak could show me where he's been."
c.You can think that you remember something even if it didn't happen because you could convince yourself that it happened. This might happen if you wanted to forget what really happened.
N.E.#4
a. I think Freak wanted to take Max to the hospital to show him where he thinks he is having a "body transplant." And also Max says he knows that Freak shows him the hospital because this is a place "where he's been." (pg. 52). This shows that Freak trusts Max more and more because he's telling him something that he's never told him before.
b.I think that Freak does believe that he will be the first bionically improved human by having a body tansplant because it says: "I can tell he really means it. This isn't a pretend quest, or making houses into castles or swimming pools into moats. This is why we came here, so Freak could show me where he's been."
c.You can think that you remember something even if it didn't happen because you could convince yourself that it happened. This might happen if you wanted to forget what really happened.
N.E.#4
Yo,Mr.D, if you still read this thing, this is Nick Esemplare, Hi.
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N.E.#4
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