Candy blog entry number 9

I finished Candy by Kevin Brooks, and I didn't love the ending. I mean, I didn't figure that everything would end happily, but I don't feel that I was satisfied. Mainly, because I think that the final outcome of the situation was left for you to decide, and to be realistic, Candy and Joe would probably never share a happy life together. Joe ruined his chance with the band, although I could see them wanting him to come back, since he did create the song Candy which proved to help their popularity. I think that when Iggy came to get Candy that he really would have killed Joe, even though he said he wouldn't, Iggy wasn't stupid, and I think that even though Candy said that Iggy wouldn't have killed Joe, I think that Joe would have put himself in harms way, not that he hadn't already. I thought that Candy did an excellent job killing Iggy and some of his men, and I think that she made the right choice knocking Mike out, because he would have probably been a hassle, and caused her to doubt herself. She was really brave to kill Iggy, but I wonder what will happen to her prostitute friends. Will they be angry that they lost there pimp because of Candy? Or will they be thankful? These desperate women are still addicted, even though Candy isn't, so I figure many of them will move onto find different men to provide for them. Candy on the other hand I feel will go back to her parents, because they want her back, and at one point she says how she wants things to go back to normal, and go back to the way that they used to be. I think that subconsciously she has chosen that. I think that Joe and Candy will see each other again one day, but I have this feeling that Joe is going to move on, because he feels that Candy is over, although it was magical, it's over. And I think that Candy will find a boyfriend or two, but eventually they will cross paths again, and possibly start from the beginning. I enjoyed Candy, and there were many themes intertwined in the novel, and I found myself seeing how people could take these themes and see them different ways, which makes this book attractive to a large variety of people. 

Candy blog entry number 8

The portion of the book that I read for this blog entry was dramatic in it's plot line. Joe skips school while his dad is out of town and goes to save Candy from her life. He wants to help her, although neither Candy or Joe understand why. This part of the book tells you something more is coming, but we don't know if it'll be for the good or for the bad. Candy and Joe also go up to Joe's cabin and she decides that she is going to quit using heroine, and Joe promises that he will do his best to help her. When Candy uses last it's the last time Joe sees one of her heart breaking smiles for a long time. Candy's withdrawal symptoms are severe, as expected, and at one point she tries to leave, and she kicks Joe in the groine. She cries and looks absolutely terrible. She sweats and freezes. She sleeps restlessly. She screams for help, and thinks that she is dying. When Candy attempts to leave Joe tells her that she can't go back to Iggy because he would kill her, and she says that she would somehow find a different way to get by. Although, she says this I think that she would end up in the same sort of situation, an account of Iggy knowing everyone. Candy also tells Joe the story of what happened to her. The root of her problem was truly jealousy and exclusion. I really do wonder if she will ever return to her parents, or what she will do after she is clean. The book keeps foreshadowing that Candy is going to somehow leave, and since Joe is telling this story as if it happened in the past, I'm think that the last few chapters could be him going and finding Candy in her modern life today, and possibly even talking to her again. I'm actually kind of scared that something terrible will happen to Candy, because at one point Joe does have to return to his normal life, and speaking of normal life, I think that Joe might get kicked out of his band. I hope he doesn't get kicked out of the Katies because they were doing well, and although Candy is important, so is his careeer. I also wonder what Joe's father is going to say to him once they both return home, because Joe's father knows that Joe isn't home. One thought that I kept pondering upon, was what if Iggy hurt Gina, I mean Joe hasn't talked to Gina for so long, and there are all these mysterious messages that Joe keeps getting at the house, which I feel probably have to do with Iggy. This is probably the climax of the story, because so much is going on, and I feel like there are so many conflicts that affect each other, I sure hope things pull together for the better.

Candy blog entry number 7

This chapter of Candy was filled with action and drama. For a first note, I was thoroughly surprised that Joe drank so much during this chapter, and I found myself nervous that they would perform terribly because of the alcohal and drug abuse. I think up until this point I saw Joe as a goodie-goodie-two-shoes kind of guy. But, this showed me that he had a rebellious side to him to, and it made Candy and him as a couple a clearer, more possible, couple in my mind. The drama that happened with Mike was traumatic, and I'm probably going to read forward and figure out what happened with him. Iggy clearly had something to do with it, but I'm just wondering what exactly Iggy was thinking, and what exactly Iggy hurt Mike for. I'm guessing that it had to do with Mike sticking up for someone. The concert went well, and this made me feel happy, because for some reason I feel Joe's fate feels like it depends a lot on it. I felt like it wasn't realistic when Joe had the guts to actually sing the song he wrote about Candy right when he saw her in the audience. Realistically, he would have froze up, and taken a minute to build his confidence again. But, then again in moments when you are performing, you can always find a way to get by when you really are under enough pressure. Performing seems to bring people to higher level off awarness.

Candy blog entry number 6

In the chapter of Candy, by Kevin Brooks, that I read today, Joe is dealing with some of the consequences of his day at the zoo with Candy. He comes home to fuming father, because he was late home, and his sister reported to the father what she thought he was doing. Gina told her dad that he had something important that the Katies (his band) and him had to work on. During the lecture that Joe's dad was giving him, Joe starts to get really emotional, as a kid normally does when they get yelled at. For the blog entry today I decided to pick out a quote from this chapter and reflect on it and connect to it.
"I looked at him, wanting to hate him but knowing I couldn't. He was my dad. Whatever I felt about him, I couldn't hate him. I oculd hate his stupid reasoning, though, the way he treated me like a kid but expected me to behave like an adult. Why can't you make up your mind, Dad? I wanted to say. Either threat me like a kid or treat me like and adult, but don't keep treating me like something in between."
This is exactly what I feel a lot of kids our age have to deal with. I mean it's crazy to expect a person to deal with being treated like a child and act like an adult. I feel that kids should be guided and helped through their adolesence, but it's completely unreasonable to be controled. And it's completely unreasonable to be babyed and then act like and adult.
When I read this, I stopped to reread, because a lot of us kids don't know exactly what it is that we don't like about the way our parents treat us, and this stuck a needle right on the problem.
I also realize that when kids say that they hate their parents, they don't really hate them, well in most cases at least, because what they really hate is the attitude their parent has towards them, or even the attitude that their parents have in general. It takes a lot for a person to truly HATE their parents.

Candy blog entry 5

Candy's character has become really intriguing and mysterious, so I decided that I would write a letter to Candy, asking her a few things, and telling her a few things that I think that if I actually met her I would say.
Dear Candy,
I'm so happy to write to you, because I have soooooooooooooo much to ask you. So, you told Joe that he didn't want to know about you, I'm just wondering what exactly don't you want Joe to know about you. I mean, are you actually a prostitute, or does it just appear like that? And, what do you think Joe would do if he knew that you were? Also, what were you thinking when you kissed Joe, I mean do you just like the kid, do you think that you two would ever actually work out???
I was also wondering if you could tell me what's so terrifying about Iggy? What does he do to you, I mean it's clear that he has some type of control over you.
At the zoo, when you were with Joe, why did you go and drug up? Do you drug up whenever something overwhelming or stressful comes your way? Or when bad memories come up? Because if that is the case, I'm sure people would say that you need help, the real question is, do you want help, or do you like the way your life is now?
One last question I have for you is about your past, I mean, what happened that led you up to where you are today?

Candy blog entry number 4

Candy, as a character, is really starting to grow on us, and her mysterious nature is partially what makes this novel intriguing. Although, it is almost clear that she is a prostitute that has a drug problem, what is mysterious about her is why she is so attracted to Joe. I mean, we learn that she has lived in one of the richest areas in town... So, that kinda cancels out the idea that she just wants me for money. In chapter five Candy seems really innocent, just because of her reaction to all of the animals at the zoo, and how she is so amazed. Except, at the end of the chapter where she dissapears to the bathroom for a long time, where I assume that she is taking drugs. I think this because she comes out changed. Her pupils are shrunken, and she is all giggly and gitty. She can't even complete one phrase when she is talking to Joe after she comes out of the bathroom. The last line of this chapter leaves us at a point where we aren't certain as to what comes next. I think that she may try to have sex with him, because she is high, but I don't know, because it all seems so fast. I mean, this is only his first date with Candy, and although she has her problems, she seems to be different around him. When Candy and Joe were talking about themselves and Candy bluntly told Joe that he didn't want to know about her, it almost justified everything we are led to believe about Candy, and the kind of life she lives. It also leaves us wondering about what Candy lives through, and what secrets she tries so hard to hide.