Power And Gory By Michalik Analysis

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Brett Yasui Power and Gory Will and determination can get you anywhere you want in life. In “Power and Gory”, Michalik showed that with determination you can achieve anything. Determination and will is that little fire that burns deep inside of you, telling you to keep on going and move forward; never give up. He used feelings and emotion in his life to fuel his fire in order to keep moving forward, even at the brink of death. His determination is what drove him to continue to move forward towards his goal in life: To get strong. With determination you can achieve anything. Michalik showed this by continuing to go to the gym and work out, even though his body was about to fail. From the reading, Michalik stated “I knew it was all over for me. Every system in my body was shot. I just didn’t know which organ was going to explode on me first”. He was so determined to become Mr. Olimpia that he worked out seven hours a day (that’s almost a third of an entire day). He even took steroids and other harmful drugs, knowing that it would be bad for his body. It got so bad that his body was starting to shut down and have cancerous tumors.…show more content…
Being beat and taunted by his father made him want to become a super strong body builder so that his father could no longer tell him that he was worthless. Living in his brother’s shadow made him want to be better than him no matter what he did. These negative emotions even drove him to talk to doctors as a teenager and do research on steroids. Kids and especially teenagers, just want to have fun. Who dosen’t? Our young years are about living it to our fullest. But Michalik, didn’t play around. He went to doctors and talked to them about being strong because he had his mind set on what he wanted and he was going to do anything to get

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