CANDY 178-230

SUMMARY
Iggy and his crew heard what Joe and the Katies (his band) were singing. This resulted in a fight between Iggy and candy and Iggy almist killed Joe's sister's fiance in the process. Iggy looked at Joe evily and dragged Candy out. Joe decided to go search for Candy because shes been missing with Iggy. He found her at Iggy's home while he was gone; she was bruised up and told Joe he must leave. He explained he wasn't going to leave and Candy finally let him in and explained "I'm a whore, Joe. I go with men for money. I give the money to Iggy. He gives me drugs. Thats all there is to it". Of course Joe tried convincing her she didn't have to live the way she does. Thats when Iggy came home and Joe hid in the bathroom. Then Joe's phone rang and Iggy caught Joe. Almost killed by Iggy, Joe was saved by Candy hitting Iggy with a lamp. He didn't die but they were thinking about making that come true. Tied up and uncaucious, Iggy was the issue Candy and Joe didn't kno what to do with... but surprisingly Iggy freed himself making Candy and Joe take off in his car. Joe drove Candy to his home and asked her to stsy with him but she didn't want him to get hurt and said no to his offer. Joe promised he'd take her to a cottage in thirty minutes if she stayed for that long at his house.

QUOTE
"I couldn't stand it anymore. I stepped up and swung my foot at his head. A juddering pain shot up my leg and for a moment I thought I'd kicked the wall by mistake, but then I looked down and saw that Iggy had stopped moving and there was a faint red mark on his cheek, so I guessed I must have hit the target. Not that it made much difference" (Brooks 210).


REACTION
Joe becomes a man in this scene. He learned to fight for things, at this moment in particular Candy. He shows bravery when he kicked Iggy although he was violent. After this scene, Joe has the courage to ask Candy to cone into his house and he stopped being nervous around her. This is an important quote because it shows how within seconds Joe changed from being scared to even look at Iggy, to kicking him. Without it, the audience would not have seen him gain courage because of Candy.