Bigger, Stronger, Faster

The poster Bigger, Stronger, Faster on page 433 is describing the abuse of steroids in our sports/fame/everyday world. One of the quotes on the poster is "Is it still cheating if everyone's doing it?" I feel that all of these role models are giving the wrong impression to people to look up to them and want to be like them. They are also giving their sports and peers a bad name. Some of the people depicted are Hulk Hogan, a pro baseball player from San Francisco, a ballerina, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone as rocky, and an olympic runner. These have been known to be some of Americas everyday heroes for some people and they are giving the idea that they can only be good with the use of steroids. It's also giving younger generations and upcoming professionals the idea that it is ok to use steroids because everyone else is, and their idols and heroes got away with it. It shows they 6 characters standing atop a mountain of anabolic steroids, with an epic style background and lighting, also they are flying a huge American flag in the background to show this is what has become of America's professionals. Like its saying you can't be great unless you cheat and its ok because "everyone else is doing it." It also puts people in check to see if they're going to follow the ways of others or stay within their own personal boundaries and preferences.