Davis, Sampson, Jenkins, George, and Hunt, Rameck. The Pact. Chicago: Penguin, 2002 Print. First, Dr. Sam, George, and Rameck were born in poor families. They grew up in poor, broken homes in New Jersey neighborhoods riddled with crime,drugs, and death. Dr. George said, “Most kids, rich or poor, spend more time with their friends than with their parents.”, “They’re together all day at school.”, “They’re together in the neighborhood after school.”, “And they’re together on the weekends.”, “Maybe they even spend their summers together at summer camp.”. So that means friends are really affecting their lives. It is really important to hang out with the right people, which friends should deal with?, and which should not? Like Dr. George didn’t want to be in trouble, so he had to hang out with …show more content…
Sam, George, and Rameck studied in University High together. Dr. George met Dr. Sam in the seventh grade. They realized they liked the same things: baseball, basketball, video games, Nike sneakers, and the latest fashion in clothes. They did their work in school, but they were not nerds. They often ended up sitting next to each other, learning lessons together, sharing candy and stories about their lives and the happenings in their neighborhoods. By the end of the seventh grade, Dr. George and Dr. Sam had become pretty good friends and were hanging out regularly during lunch. They played basketball, sat outside under the trees and played cards, or just sat outside under the cafeteria, banged out a beat on the table, and rapped. Dr. George and Dr. Sam participated in their first graduation ceremony together after completing the eighth grade. Dr. Rameck arrived the next year, but they didn’t become close friends with him until their junior year. Dr.Sam and Dr. Rameck became friends first. Dr. Sam and Dr. Rameck often got together on Friday nights and weekends for parties and dates. Dr. Sam picked Dr. George up sometimes, and he got to know Dr. Rameck through
Friendship means everything to Avalon and Marshall.On Avalon's first day of school she met Sukey and she made her feel welcome by asking her to “come join my group”.New friendships must have been difficult for Avalon considering she is putting her trust and loyalty on the line.For Marshall he new his friendships with Sukey, Tamara and Jemima was stable.With the other students it was different,they were very judgemental about his actions.Through direct speech Marshall and Avalon show friendship means understanding another's difference. Watch for the kind of people who you hang out
The novel ‘the outsiders’ is making the same point about friendship as the film ‘rebel without a cause’ as they both convey the idea that during this time, friendship was very important to all teenagers as they are more independent and spend more time away from their families, and aren’t as close.
The first factors that helped Rameck stay on the right track, is the support his friends provided him with. The lives of most vulnerable young kids are defined by their friends, no matter if their friends are black, Asian, Hispanic, or white and no matter if they are poor, middle class, or rich. For all of that, Rameck knew that good friends should support, motivate, and rise with you. He also knew that friends could lead to trouble and breaking down of dreams, hopes, and possibilities. Fortunately, he had two friends were on his side and supported him to stay on the path of success. Being close to George and Samn was so important to Rrameck, because they influenced him in a good way, for example, George convinced him to apply for Seton hall; he said,“Man, we could go to college for free” (72). This is when George shared the idea of going to medical school and
The traditional idea of American friendship has evolved drastically over time. In this age, no longer do you see the close group of friends chatting at the ‘Central Perk Café’ or engaging in many misadventures in the basement of Foreman’s house, such as they did in ‘That 70’s Show’. The aged image of a group of friends and their wise, perceptive teacher, Mr. Feeney, happily standing in the halls of John Quincy Adams middle school is fading out. This overused 1970’s-1990’s idea of friendship no longer applies to most American friendships today because our culture has swayed into a more modern viewpoint, due to the
“The Pact” is a piece of nonfiction by Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt it’s about three people grew up in the intercity and made a pact to go to college and become doctors. The theme of “The Pact” is loyalty because the novel demonstrates that quality in many ways. Being loyal means that you don’t turn your back on your friends, and that you will accept your friends for who they are and what they do. If someone is loyal they are faithful and they never give up on something if they truly love it. Loyal also means that you are have good character, and try and help people in need. This novel demonstrates loyalty because Sam, George, and Rameck all show that trait. They are good friends and will
I would recommend, “The Pact: Three young men make a promise and fulfill a dream” to eleventh grade students for several reasons. First factor, throughout this whole novel it gives you a wakeup call. For example, life in college is not that easy as you think, they got in to a lot of trouble, and throughout all that they were given a second chance in life. Second factor, Depicts transition from high school to college. They knew college is different from high school because of their own experience. They struggled throughout college, they financially couldn’t pay their books and other stuff they need to fro their classes. Then, this novel teaches you life lessons. Throughout this novel you will see how hard they had it and they still chased
He constantly reminded them of the benefits of graduating from college and succeeding in what they wanted to do. Sam and Rameck might have had other options but their plans would not be beneficial in the long run. Some of these options included, starting a rap group, selling drugs back in their home town, and playing basketball. These might have sounded good at first but they would only last for a certain time. Graduating from college with that degree and helping out those in need was more of a priority and turned out to be a better plan, the key plan during that time was to follow through with their higher education.
Rameck would often skip class to hang out with them. He spent some time in juvenile correctional facility for beating up a white man, breaking his nose. Rameck was caught up in the gangster life of drugs and jail. Rameck felt like he didn’t have an identity of his own, while beating up a guy Rameck pulled out a knife. One of the boys with him got charged for attempted murder. Rameck began to just hang out with Sam and George and stay clear of the trouble that came with the gangster life.
Friendship opens our minds to different views and perspectives and change our perceptions. It has the power to change people’s views on life in a positive way. True friends will do anything to keep their friendship alive, no matter the barriers. Potok proves through the friendship of Danny and Reuven that friendship can be achieved no matter the barriers. He proves that friendship is a key value to life through his motif
In The Pact, Dr.Rameck Hunt began with a tone of adulation shifting to a more gloomy state with the intention of informing his youthful audience about working through the struggles of being in love. Love is uncontrollable and powerful which can be good and or in this case bad; making the person in love prone to getting hurt by the other person or leaving them vulnerable. In the book the author shows the character being infatuated by his girlfriend; this exhibits to the reader that when you fall in love nothing else may seem to be as important other than your partner making things unrealistic. In the book the author incorporates this tone of adulation when the character Rameck states that he “wanted to marry” his girlfriend even though they
Friendship has a big part to do with Lennie and George’s dream of owning a small farm and raising animals. George and Lennie both set their mind to accomplish their dream and go to work on a ranch for little pay. Another friend of George overhears George and
In life, people make, break and regain a myriad of relationships. As we continue this process, we will find that not all confrontations and friendships leave us with a positive impact. Although there will be a multitude of unsatisfactory bonds, it is imperative that people are able to seek out friends that will always be there for them. The ability to find and maintain supportive friendships is one that Melinda was not always able to do and it often kept her from being able to break out of her gloomy shell after her being raped. When one has healthy relationships, they experience happy emotions, such as feeling included. Melinda failed to recognize the benefits of healthy relationships, as she often excluded herself from social events. After a basketball game at the high school, David Petrakis, Melinda’s lab partner in science, invited her over for pizza. Melinda’s mind was torn about what she should do. One part of her was thinking that she should have gone to have pizza with David, while the second part of her mind was thinking that she was scared of boys and that she would be better off
A quote from Author Truman Capote “Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can't have too many friends because then you're just not really friends.” Buddy, from A Christmas Memory, has one friend, his distant cousin, and is loyal and kind to her all the time. Like the quote, Buddy does not have many other friends and is very friendly with the one friend he has. Jimmy and Bob’s friendship starts to deteriorate, because they don’t spend enough time each other.
William Damon is an educator/researcher on psychology and education. In William Damon’s work, he has proposed that children’s friendships are developed in three specific stages. In Level 1, children are about 4-7 years old. During this level children see each other as momentary playmates. During this stage children are all about having fun, with limited perspectives. Children want things their way and do not wish to hear different opinions other than their own. As the child gets older, at the age of 8-10 years old a more profound friendship is formed, this is called Level 2. During this time a child start to build trust and start to think of other rather than just themselves. Children learn the value of sharing and learn how to compromise. Lastly, Level 3 is during the approximate age of 11- 15 years old. During this time, friends are valued the most to a child. This is a more mature stage where children build trustful relationships and a high level of emotional closeness is built. Regardless of age cliques and crowds always develop among children and adults. A clique is a group of member that share common interests, often are of the same gender. The members of the group are often labeled or stereotyped. Crowds are very similar to cliques, both shape the minds of children on how they should act or how they should be. Both add pressure to adolescents under peer pressure such as drinking, smoking, skipping school, or sex in order to fit it. Cliques and crowds develop as a way
At school, Charlie finds a friend and mentor in his English teacher, Bill. He also overcomes his chronic shyness and approaches a classmate, Patrick, and his stepsister Sam, become two of Charlie's BFFs. Charlie’s new found friends – Sam, Patrick, Mary Elizabeth and Bob - aren't exactly popular and are outcasts themselves. They are all seniors and often hang out at the Big Boy except Bob who doesn't go to school.