The three main characters in the book don’t have strong reliable families of their own so they make their own family with each other, forcing each of their identities to change for better. George, Sam, and Rameck have never really thought about going to college or doing much in their life. However, one day in their High School, there was a meeting about medicine tied in with free college tuition. George wanted to become a doctor of some sort, like a dentist. He had his heart set on it but never really knew how to achieve his goal. However, when the three of them went to this meeting, George knew that that was what he was going to become. Sam and Rameck didn’t seem interested at first, but after George convinced them to do it with him, they …show more content…
Finally, they gave in. We would apply to Seton Hall, go to college together, then go to medical school and stick with one another to the end.”(The Pact 72). During this lecture, the three of them decided to help each other succeed since they knew medical school was going to be really hard. They had nothing at home that was good, so by going to college, they would become smart and not get overrun by the streets amounting to nothing. While Rameck, George, and Sam were in the Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Plus Program in college, they competed with each other to see who could make the best grades and achieve the most in school. That way, they could try and do better than each other to push themselves to the peak to make it in school, fulfilling their dreams. “We studied together in the evenings and compared grades, and we each competed to do as well as the others. When one of us made an A on a test, the other two were like, ‘Yo, man, I’m gonna get me an A, too.’ The three of us managed to keep up with our peers and, eventually, outperform them.”(The Pact 115). This supports the fact that none of them want to drop out or be living on the streets selling drugs or being in a