Candy 1-72

Summary

Joe, the typical afraid of teens musician, meets a girl at the train station he can't forget. Candy however is a prostitute and Joe is unaware of this fact for a while. As Candy and Joe happily ate lunch together at the station, a "black man" hovered over their table. The man scared Joe to death and was worried about beinq killed. Iggy, the black man threatened Joe many times and Candy bravely stood up to protect him. Joe had the opportunity to finally leave and when he did he was out of there real quick. When Joe was home, safe and calm, all he could seem to think about was Candy. Candy, her "pimp" Iggy, Candy, Iggy... he dug in his pockets and found a rolled up paper. He knew what it was and how it was placed there... inside the blank index card, CANDY was written along with a number. When he finally has the nerves to call, they discuss like an everyday people conversation... then Iggy came home and she had to go.


Quote

"Nervous hands are hard to disguise when they're idle" (Brooks 17).


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In this quote, not only do i agree entirely, anyone could tell how timid Joe was. If he sat there without moving his hands, he wouldn't be able to hide himself from shaking. This is an important quote because the audience knows that Joe is a very nervous protagonist. When he talks to Candy, hes petrified. Iggy coming and ruining lunch, he was scared to death. His sister telling his dad about her marrying someone he wont approve, hes even scared about that. His mom and dad getting back together freightens Joe. He doesn't like to be seen as this type of boy... he tries to hide everything from the world and seclude himself from it to feel "cool". If Joe is not doing anything to hide his timidity, he will embarass himself greatly.