Cheating In John Steinbeck's The Joy Luck Club

The book began with the main character Mick Johnson training to become the starting running back on his High School football team. He was determined to be like his father who went to the pros. As Mick was trying to get better, his father signed him up for a gym membership at a gym called Popeye's. A gym that the radio station Mick's father works for recently bought. Mick continued to weight train first at his school’s gym, then at Popeye’s and still felt no results. He wanted to get an edge over a freshman, Dave Kane, because it made Mick worry about whether he would still be the starting running back. So at Popeye's Mick had a personal trainer, Peter Volz, who introduced Mick to steroids or so called "gym candy" in order for Mick to gain the desired results he was hoping for. …show more content…
As the final most important game of the season approached, the championship game caused Mick to keep struggling in his decision making in whether or not he should still use the steroids. Just like before the championship, he questioned whether to use them or not because he felt that he was not truly winning and being the star player of the team, but he was cheating in order to win. …show more content…
But, Mick's best friend Drew caught Mick on using the steroids before the game. Later after the game, Mick noticed that his steroids were missing so he called Drew and he picked him and they drove to the ponds at the Golden Gardens Park. Then Mick admitted to using steroids after questioning from Drew. When Drew told Mick that he would have to tell their Coach Carlson about the steroids and that they only won the championship because Mick cheated, Mick became angered and told drew not