Student Question
What is the extent of Loretta's injury in Freak the Mighty?
Quick answer:
Loretta Lee suffers a bruised neck after being choked by "Killer Kane" while trying to free Max from his restraints. Kane stops choking her when Max distracts him by recalling his mother's murder. Max is then attacked by Kane until Kevin intervenes with acid. Despite the ordeal, Loretta survives with only the neck bruising as her injury.
Loretta Lee is injured after attempting to free Max from the ropes his father, "Killer Kane," tied him up with. She finally unties Max and frees him, only to be choked by Kane when he returns. Max is watching his father drain the life out of Loretta, and he cries and screams for him to stop, but Kane doesn't let go and pushes him out of the way. Only when Max shouts that he saw Kane kill his mother does Kane stop and listen to his son, letting Loretta go. As Max is reliving the moment that his father killed his mother, he relays the details as Kane shouts at him to stop. Kane then begins to choke Max instead. Kevin breaks in and saves the day by shooting Kane in the eyes with acid. After escaping to the police, they find out that Loretta is alive and okay, but she has a bruised neck from where Kane strangled her.
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