In “Freak the Mighty” Kevin is featured as the supporting character, but with his strong personality and backstory due to his constant fighting against Morquio syndrome, he is certainly the most interesting character out of them all. Kevin suffered from mostly all the symptoms caused by Morquio syndrome, including dwarfism and heart problems requiring him to walk around with crunches and leg braces. Due to his disease, Kevin is required to wear bionic equipment not necessarily separating him from others who are implanted with bionics.
Kevin is only one out of thousands who have bionic parts because of disorders, shooting, accidents and war. Amanda Kitts is a great example “The assembly is topped by a white plastic cup midway up Kitts’s biceps, encircling a stump that is almost all that remains from the arm she lost in a car accident in 2006.” Due to the car accident in 2006, Kitt has an arm with “… flesh-colored plastic…underneath are three motors, a metal frame, and a network of sophisticated electronics.” Although, Kevin wasn’t in a car accident he still uses bionic parts for his legs and arms. “…little Freak showed up one day with these shiny braces strapped to his crooked legs, metal tubes right up to his hips, why those were even more cool than crutches.” This quote directly from “Freak the Mighty” (pg. 12) proves that Freak has similar problems. Ever since he was born, Kevin has had problems
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Although, Kevin dies near the end of “Freak the Mighty” readers can infer what the bionics, the Ornithopter, and King Arthur meant to Kevin. Even though he didn’t die of unnatural causes, Kevin can relate to others who are forced into wearing and living with bionics. He had hoped to live and fulfill King Arthur’s tale, he wanted to be someone stronger and smart, but died short of his goals. To Kevin, bionics meant another life with another body and another chance at a normal