Jeanette Oliva
Melinda Schroeder
English 101
24 September 2015
"Destroyed" by Peter Martin
1.
In the short article “Destroyed” by Peter
Martin talks about how the athletes throughout the world are using different
kind of steroids throughout their careers. A lot of the athletes believe that
using the steroids is helping them in their playing ability but in fact they
are actually hurting themselves and others around them. Even though the doping
effect may seem great at the time the long term effects can be terrible and
even cause death. Then when the athletes are caught using the steroids or other
medication they are punished but nobody seems to take this serious enough to
get them the proper help instead of just fining them or terminating their
contract to play.
2.
A lot of times people get really upset
when they find out that an athlete is using drugs to play better throughout the
season but don’t take the time to find out what is the reason that the athlete
is taking these drugs. These drugs can lead to serious side effects and even
cause deaths in certain individuals. We should be more aware of how to help
these athletes when they face a drug addiction (Martin 580-582).
3.
“Athletes are as free as other people to
make mistakes and suffer the consequences: in short, they are humans like the
rest of us (Martin 580-580).” I chose this state in the article because it is
the truth. Even though they are athletes they are humans just like we are and
sometimes they may not know how to discontinue with the drugs because it is an addiction
and without the proper help they don’t know any better. In reality if the
society was better on helping instead of judging these athletes there may be
more that come forward and admit they have a problem and get the help that is
needed. Everybody in the world make mistakes and the only thing that needs to
be done is to learn from that mistake and move forward.
Sources
Cited
Martin,
Peter F., The Bedford Reader (“Destroyed pgs 580-582”), New York, Bedford/St. Martins, 2011
