Gym Candy 2 - Pat Murphy

I have been getting very far in the novel “Gym Candy,” by Carl Deuker. It’s very interesting, and I see a great resemblance to one of my high school best friends. I don’t exactly want to mention his name because you could easily look him up. But he was an all star in grade school JFL leagues, and was watched by high school couches. Just like Mick, my best friend made it on varsity freshman year. But like anyone in sports, not playing or not being the best stinks. Being a human, we strive to win in my eyes. Like Mick, I love supplements!!! I have probably tried almost everything at GNC as far as creatine or protein powders. Unfortunately, I am very jealous of Mick. His daddy pays for his supplements; I always have paid for my own stuff which can add up if you have ever been to GNC. Mick, than joins his local gym… As I stated in my first couple sentences, this book reminds me of a friend of mine. Well, as soon as he was old enough to go, he joined Gold’s Gym. But as far as a trainer who suggests steroids? I believe that’s very illegal and he should have lost his job!!! That part upset me, when someone wants to be all they can be, I wouldn’t suggest an illegal solution that will destroy his body. The book is kind of slow moving, so I’m hoping him being on drugs really gets things stirred up!!!!

Fahrenhiet 451 - Free Week

For my free blog this week, I chose to do it on the second part of Fahrenheit 451. Last Blog, I lift off where Clarissa was killed and how she is the opposite of Mildred. Throughout the book, Ray Bradbury has many technological predictions. It’s awesome how someone could write a book in the fifties-sixties and it’s a futuristic book and today his predictions came true. Such as a robot dog, ear buds, wall televisions, and even the nuclear bomb. He tried to make the book symbolize the cold war and it does in a few ways. Such as, he uses “censorship” throughout most of the book. People were not allowed to do whatever they wanted; their “fire-proof” houses were burned down from the books. The books’ ending is quite interesting, it ends with a nuclear bomb hitting the city and Montag was watching from the woods, with the people who had memorized entire books. They state that they are going to start a new world and try to redo things without judging and everyone being happy. I recently just finished a paper on happiness in the book, and for mine I chose to write about Beatty and his mind games towards Montag. He sort of tricked Montag into doing what he wanted throughout the book, such as burning the houses, he claimed that’s what we have always done. Beatty was the smartest character in the book, he explained the books to Montag, and used his knowledge to “better” the world. Overall, the book was pretty different. I liked it some ways, but the overall story was quite bizarre.

Gym Candy - Pat Murphy

For the book project I decided to pick Gym Candy. I am kind of behind because I finally just got the book so I am going to have to read it in a matter of two weeks which is fine because it is about everything I love. It’s about a boy named Mick Johnson. It begins off with Mick explaining his early years and how he was introduced into football. I believe this book is going to be very interesting, because I read an online summary which says it’s about a kid who had the decision between not playing on the football team or taking steroids and maybe playing college football and making it big. Unfortunately, I believe that if I was in this situation and steroids would truly get me where I wanted to go I probably would take them. But thank god I have never needed anything like that or even have gotten into this situation in my life. I am really curious what it takes for him to realize he doesn’t need the drugs and where he goes from his high school football team. This same thing happened to a lot of my friends in high school and this really would let me know their insight on the subject without actually asking them why, or what happened. I am extremely siked for this book and I already know it is going to be a good read.