Gym Candy Character Analysis

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In the book Gym Candy by Carl Deuker, Mick Johnson was determined not to make the same mistakes as his father, Mike Johnson made. Mick’s father was a football player who played for the San Diego Chargers, but wasn’t good enough. Mick plays running back for his high school team, Shilshole High. In a big game against Foothill, Mick was tackled a yard short of the end zone by Foothill’s best linebacker. After that game Mick started going to Popeye’s, a gym his father introduced him to. At Popeye’s Mick had a trainer named Peter Volz. After a few workouts, Peter introduced Mick to “Gym Candy”, steroids. After that Mick was the star player of his team. His performances become record-breaking, but the side effects were terrible. Mick suffered ‘roid

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