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    the three keys to Doctor Sampson (Sam) Davis’ success. Growing up in the streets of Newark was not easy for any child, pre-teen, teen, and adult, especially for Davis but with the three D’s to success he speaks of in The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream, shows that anyone can succeed when you have friends to help you through it all. Even though Davis did not have a perfect childhood, determination, dedication and discipline would help push him. Davis, as a child, has seen

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    The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream is a story written by Sampson Davis that describes the personal lives and struggles of three doctors: Rameck Hunt, George Jenkins, and Sampson Davis. Jenkins, an admirable dentist, is distinguished from Hunt and Davis due to the positive role models who helped him to be able to think for himself early on in life. Some of these positive role models include Jenkins’ mother, his dentist, his third-grade teacher, Sampson Davis, and Rameck Hunt

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    Throughout life young adults and adolescents tend to be faced with many challenges that alter the out come of their adult years by either benefiting or harming it. This is evident in “The Pact,” by Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt, and “Gifted Hands: A Ben Carson Story,” by Ben Carson. These two books are similar in multiple aspects such as: the influences, and environment the characters are exposed to; the characters goals and struggles; and the purpose for writing the books and

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    The Pact

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    The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream Bibliographical Information: The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt with Lisa Frazier Page Published in 2002 New York, NY 10014 Riverhead Books 248 ISBN 1-57322-216-X Background Information: Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins and Rameck Hunt were a group of childhood friends. They all grew up in the rough neighborhoods of Newark, New Jersey. Without

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    The Pact is a book that features three guys who made a promise to each other. They promised they would all stick together through college, graduate and become doctors and get out of the projects of Newark, New Jersey, where crime, prejudice and economic hardships followed them. Although this group of friends grew up in a poverty-stricken neighborhood, Sampson and his friends, George and Rameck tried to stay away from trouble even though it was quite tricky. This book illustrates the success stories

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    Pact Chapter Summaries

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    Themes • Promises and pacts can lead to success. Sampson, George, and Rameck were three kids from the ghetto of Newark, New Jersey. They came from low-income families, and grew up without father figures. All three of them always did well in school, but others around them made a lot of bad choices. This caused many events that them caused them to go to jail. When they met each other in University High School, the three doctors decided to promise to each other that they would all go to college and

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    The Movie ' The Pact '

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    The ones I sympathize with When I read “The Pact”, I felt some connection between the characters; Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Hunt Rameck. Throughout their hardship and struggles, It encouraged me to read on. But as I continued reading on, the three main characters stood out the most. But out of those three characters, one stood out in particular. Throughout his experiences and trials, I could see myself in that situation. In how he felt, in the manner in how he saw things around, I could

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    three individuals; Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt, made a pact to beat the influence of the streets and become doctors.The story goes back and forth from each doctor’s individual experience leading up to the point where the doctors make the

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    A Good Teacher Is Always a Treasure There is no doubt that a good teacher is always a treasure. Many economically disadvantaged(VOC) students in America grow up in a poor community, and they all fall under “the have-nots”. These students tend not to get a good education and not to be lucky in having a very good teacher. In school, it is difficult for teachers to encourage students by making them feel confident and eager to learn because there are many students from different backgrounds, but teachers

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    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

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