A theme that Rodman Philbrick develops throughout Freak the Mighty would be, “Friendship is a powerful thing.”, because even though Max and Freak were completely different, they still changed each others lives forever. For example, “Just write it all down, put in all the fun we had, all the cool things we did, all our adventures…Just tell the story of Freak the Mighty.” Clearly, Freak wanted Max to write the adventures of their unique friendship because even though Max couldn’t read or write, Freak had fate in Max and was assured that he could do it. The theme that Rodman Philbrick develops throughout Freak the Mighty connects to this because Max was a dim-witted guy who couldn’t read or write. But because of his friendship with Freak, he was