What is Thinking Like a Freak? Think Like a Freak by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner is a book with the self-proclaimed purpose of engaging their readers to “retrain their brains.” They say that to think like a Freak is to think more productively‚ more creatively‚ and more rationally. The authors of this book were effective in accomplishing their purpose by engaging readers with various examples of interest and out-of-the-box thinking methods. In Chapter One‚ titled “What Does It Mean to
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In their third book‚ Think Like A Freak‚ authors Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner are back with their unorthodox writing style to divulge the secrets to “thinking like a freak”. Levitt and Dubner‚ authors of the international best sellers Freakonomics and Superfreakonomics‚ have developed a new paperback toolkit towards thinking differently in order to solve ones problems. The secrets to “thinking like a freak” are reveled by distinctive themes inside creative anecdotes that challenge the norms
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FREAK THE MIGHTY FINAL RESPONSE WHO IS THE HERO OF THE STORY? A hero is often defined as someone that demonstrates courage‚ performs brave deeds‚ and displays noble qualities. Personally‚ I think that this definition can be applied to both Kevin and Maxwell due to the fact that they have both faced many difficult obstacles with the qualities of a hero. However‚ if only one character from the book‚ Freak the Mighty were to be chosen and defined as the hero of the story‚ I believe that Kevin would
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have to face so many problems nowadays‚ and there are also many solutions for people to choose. But not all solutions work well in some situations. Therefore‚ in the book “Think Like a Freak”‚ S. Levitt and S.Dubner taught readers a lot of specific ways to solve the problem. According to the authors “Think Like a Freak”: “Understanding the incentives of all the players in a given scenario is a fundamental step in solving any problem”. Sometimes‚ the incentives don’t really work well. However‚ there
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Pokemon Pokemon is a very popular series made Mr. Satoshi‚ Mr. Miyomota‚ and Mr. Iwata. Mr. Iwata helped code the games to have more data. It has gained many‚ many fans since its initial release on February 27‚ 1996 in Japan. Since then‚ it has only gained popularity from its wide variety in games‚ and its unique gameplay mechanics. The original games that were release were Pokemon Red Version and Pokemon Green Version‚ though in America Pokemon Green was never released‚ instead we had Pokemon
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Freak Boy is a daring story about transgender teen trying to be accepted in this world and trying to find out who he is. Lies My Girlfriend Told Me is not one of my favorite stories‚ but is certainly one of the most memorable. The plot follows a young lesbian who finds herself dating the most sought after girl in the school. These stories were the first LGBTQ+ books I’d ever read and they led me to love stories like them. Freak Boy also sheds light on some of the
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Throughout the book ‚“Freak The Mighty”‚ author Rodman Philbrick creates a story about 2 teen boys( Max aka Mighty and Kevin aka Freak) who actually had a past together when they were little kids. The first time they meet they were in preschool when they were very little Freak knew Max as kicker because he went around always kicking kids. But one day Max had new neighbor and to his surprise it was Freak.Later in the story Max finds out Freak is bionic. Which proves that one should not judge another
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Freaks & Geeks “The Diary” Privacy is something that we all deserve. In the tenth episode of Freaks & Geeks‚ “The Diary”‚ Lindsay’s parents are convinced that Kim is leading Lindsay in the wrong direction. Since Kim’s mom told them that she reads Kim’s diary to figure out what her daughter does and the idea gets in their head. In a very abstract way‚ they agree and read her diary. There they figure out what Lindsay thinks about them. My dad always told me‚ “You don’t understand because you don’t
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between the film‚ The Mghty‚ and the book‚ Freak the Mighty. One of the major differences between the book and the film is that in the film Freak dies in his sleep on christmas but in the book he dies in the hospital after having a stroke. One of the major and important similarities of the book is when Freak and Max are at the firework show and Freak keeps complaining that he can’t see. In both the book and the film Max reaches down without thinking and picks Freak on his shoulders so that he can see.
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Mighty‚ a movie by Peter Chelsom‚ is based off of the book‚ Freak the Mighty‚ by Rodman Philbrick‚ is a story that shows how friendship is important. Freak is a very smart kid‚ but has Morquio syndrome‚ which forces him to use crutches and he can’t walk. His bones aren’t growing but his organs are‚ so they eventually will become too big for him. Mighty (Max) is dyslexic‚ so he has trouble reading‚ but he is a very big kid‚ and is the largest in his grade. Mighty is a story about how friendship is
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