Kevin Dillon is a fictional character in Rodman Philbrick's young adult novel, Freak the Mighty. He is the diminutive friend of protagonist Maxwell Kane. In the movie The Mighty based on the book, he is played by Kieran Culkin. He is a cripple. He is also a genius. He lives with his mother but not his father, who left his wife and son when he learned that Kevin had a birth defect. A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... Rodman Philbrick is an author of both adult and childrens novels. ... Young adult (YA) literature, while having only been recognized as a legitimate genre for a relatively short time, is a collection of books that can range from science fiction to autobiography. ... Freak the Mighty book cover Freak the Mighty is a childrens novel by Rodman Philbrick. ... Maxwell Max Kane is the unreliable narrator of two childrens books, Freak the Mighty and its sequel, Max the Mighty. ... Kieran Culkin (born September 30, 1982 in New York City, New York) is an American actor. ... See also: Handicap (competition) Handicapped is an adjective used to refer to a person or animal who is partially disabled or unable to use a limb or limbs. ... A genius is a person with distinguished mental prowess. ...

Kevin is very fond of King Arthur; in fact the very first book he reads to Maxwell Kane is King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. King Arthur is an important figure in the mythology of Great Britain, where he appears as the ideal of kingship in both war and peace. ...