The Pact: Three Teenagers To Become Doctors

The pact is a nonfiction story about three teenagers that hailed from the poverty stricken parts of the United States to become doctors. The three had many challenges while growing up as their neighbourhood was full of drug addicts and they lacked role models within their society. The fact that they were black meant that they had to work extra hard for them to make it in life. This is because there were many distractors that acted as setbacks for their success. However, despite all the challenges, the three teenagers made a pact one day while at school to become doctors and help the poor members of their community.
The three teenagers motivated each other and lived their dream of becoming doctors. The three doctors hailed from Newark, New
His two friends Rameck and George were always there for him and acted as his pillars to enable him sail through. Having been in a juvenile center, Sam was greatly discouraged and he almost quit school. However, since George was totally convinced that he wanted to become a dentist, he talked to both Sam and Rameck about joining him in college. Although Rameck was convinced this was the best way, Sam was still not convinced that he could become a doctor. The idea of becoming a doctor was welcome to Sam though. This is because he aspired to become something in life, so the idea of becoming a doctor was not a bad one. The influence of his friends made Sam to join them in Seton Hall. Were it not for the loyalty of the two friends, Sam would not have become a physician, but the two encouraged him to pursue medicine and to work hard at it. Moreover, after both Sam and Rameck became separated from George, as George was pursuing dentistry; Sam faced great challenges in his exams. Sam failed in his qualifying exams and became quiet discouraged as he could not proceed to the next level. At this time, George was in Newark where he was pursuing his dentistry while the other two were in medical school at Camden. On hearing that their friend Sam was in trouble, George took his time to travel all the way to Camden to reassure his friend together with Rameck. Both friends spent
Peer pressure can act both positively and negatively. The three friends were influenced by peer pressure to become doctors. George was the most influential personality in the story and he influenced his friends a great deal in appositive way. The friends were always there to ensure that a friend that was losing hope was reassured and returned to the right track. However, the power of negative peer pressure is also evident in the story. The three friends were always in trouble due to the influence of their criminal friends. This is the reason why both Rameck and Sam had already been convicted for having engaged in criminal activities. When Rameck shared his aspiration of becoming a doctor with his neighbourhood friends, they laughed off his dreams, as they believed that they were not attainable. Had Rameck remained in this kind of friendship, definitely it would have been impossible for him to become a doctor. However, the positive peer pressure from his friends influenced him to live his dream. The other lesson from the book is that with determination someone can rise above any obstacle and become somebody regardless of the background. Two of the three friends had come from fatherless families thus lacking any role model. Moreover, being blacks and living in the slums exposed the three in negativity of life raging from crime, drug addiction and hopelessness. However, the three youngsters