Similarities And Differences In Gym Candy By Carl Deuker

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The Novel “Gym Candy” is a novel written by Carl Deuker. This Novel Highlights the pressures of being a teenager, and how it can drive you to extreme measures. Mick is different from a lot of teenagers. Ever since he was born he was born with an abnormal amount of pressure to be as good as his father. This novel also shows how growing up isn’t as great as advertised.
When you look at mick in the beginning of the book you would probably see he’s an athlete. He was 175 pounds of mostly muscle and he was about 16 years old. Later in his story he became a 220 pound 17 year old boy made of pure muscle. You might mistake him for a bodybuilder. He really only has one good friend, named Drew. They view each other as friends, but they also get a friendly competition with each other when they play. Everybody else just see him as a high school running back for a really big and powerful highschool.
Mick and I have similarities and differences in this case. We are both 17 but Nobody looks at me and mistakes me for a bodybuilder. Sometimes people may think i play basketball but I’ve never gotten a bodybuilder comment. We both have friends, but i’m a much better friend than he was. His priority was football by far. He often canceled plans he made with his friends for things either working out related or football related. Everyone who doesn’t know just …show more content…

I don’t do sports anymore and because of that, I don’t feel the need to push myself to be the greatest at sports anymore. I understand how juggling all of those things could be stressful. I don’t give myself a reason to complain because everybody has to do it. The only thing that differs with people is their motivation. People at my job work 45 hours a week to support a family, feed their children. Some people I go to school with lift weights everyday to show out for some girls. Micks motivation was to be as good as his father. My motivation is just my future in

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