Question

name: ______________________lesson 15 exit ticketdirections: consider this line from the article \flight, fight, or freeze? responses to trauma.\if you cant make the threat disappear, youre much better off \disappearing\ yourself by blocking out whats too scary to take in.how might we apply this line to maxs actions and thoughts throughout todays reading? include at least one piece of evidence from the chapter to support your thinking.max cannot ___________ from his father so he tries to ___________ by______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________for example, in the novel ___________ says, \___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________supporting questions• what does max do or not do in this section?• what does he do or say that shows he is trying to disappear?

Explanation:

This connects the trauma response of blocking out scary stimuli to Max's actions with his father. Max can't escape his father's threat, so he uses emotional/mental blocking. Evidence comes from Freak the Mighty, where Max's internal or spoken words show his avoidance.

Answer:

Max cannot escape/get away from his father so he tries to disappear mentally/emotionally by blocking out the fear and trauma his father causes.
For example, in the novel Max says, "I go into the down under, where nothing can touch me, not even him [Kane]."