In the book, Max changes dramatically during the book. He is like an emotional roller coaster.
In the beginning, Max feels alone and sad. He has no friends so he stays in his basement called the down under. Until he meets Freak. Freak changes his world. He shows Max lots of things. Max becomes proud because he has his first friend. They have a lot of adventures, fighting dragons, saving princesses, and going on stealth missions. All of that changes after a while. Max's dad was a murderer and people expect Max to be a killer too but Freak tells Max to show people who he really is:a good friend.
After his dad kidnaps him to show him he's not a killer, he is very frightened because he does remember that his dad did kill his mom but that quickly changes when Freak saves him. The two boys are like yin, and yang. Max with his big body and Freak with his big brain.
***SPOILER ALERT***
After all those adventures something heartbreaking happens. Freak passes away. Max is devastated. He stays in his room(the basement) and doesn't even talk to his grandparents. After a while, he calms down and realizes that Freak taught him a lot of things, especially how to have fun.
