Grim says "poor kevin" and gives a "long sorrowful look". How do you think grim's name and these two actions foreshadow what's to come in the story?

You are smart to recognize Grim’s words and actions as foreshadowing. Foreshadowing, of course, is a mention in a novel of what could happen later. When Grim talks about “poor Kevin” and gives a “long sorrowful look,” it foreshadows Kevin’s ultimate death from his birth defects. (Further, Gram also calls Kevin “poor baby.” This continues the foreshadowing.) Max recognizes that there is something wrong with Kevin. Kevin was always the kid at daycare who wore...

You are smart to recognize Grim’s words and actions as foreshadowing. Foreshadowing, of course, is a mention in a novel of what could happen later. When Grim talks about “poor Kevin” and gives a “long sorrowful look,” it foreshadows Kevin’s ultimate death from his birth defects. (Further, Gram also calls Kevin “poor baby.” This continues the foreshadowing.) Max recognizes that there is something wrong with Kevin. Kevin was always the kid at daycare who wore “shiny braces on his crooked legs,” but who also referred to himself as Robot Man. In this instance, however, Max emphatically defends his friend who is both adventurous and imaginative. Max is proud of Kevin, especially when they team up as the dual character of “Freak the Mighty.” Fortunately (or unfortunately), Grim and Gram can see the harsh reality: Kevin is a severely crippled child who will probably not live very long. Sure enough, Kevin’s heart is “too big for his body,” and Kevin eventually dies. Max remains so proud of Kevin that Max ends up writing all of their adventures down so that we can read about them.