Summary: The Pact

During my senior year, my Nursing Fundamentals teacher introduced me and my class to a book called, The Pact. She informed us that the book could really impact our outlook on our futures and maybe our careers. She was exactly right, at least in my case. The Pact, is written by three best friends who made a pact at seventeen years old and promised each other they would go to college, graduate and become doctors. These three men did entirely just that, and remain friends till today. Dr. Sampson Davis, Dr. George Jenkins, and Dr. Rameck Hunt surpassed the “streets” as they refer to being the hard life of poor black teenage boys in their neighborhoods.
George became a dentist. He first became inspired when he had to get braces at the age of eleven. …show more content…
Sam was the youngest of five and his parents were together the early years of his childhood. He was never close to his other five siblings except for one sister, Fellease. Even though there was a huge age difference, she always tried to spend time with him as often as she could. Sam explains in the book, of this little box he would keep in the back of his mind where thoughts, he didn’t want to be reminded of was placed. Thoughts of his parent’s arguments, his sisters drug addiction’s, and anything that he did not want to contemplate on. Sam had what he called an “Earth angel” her name was, Carla Dickson. Carla was a counselor who interviewed each of them for the program at Seton Hall, where all three of them would attend college before medical school. She would become their protector, their guiding light, and someone who they could count on for anything. Carla and Sam became the closest probably because, he was the one who was most unsure about becoming a doctor. For years, they kept in touch and she always tried to steer Sam in the right direction. Even after failing his first state board exam. After his results, he did not want to move on, he did not want to continue to become a doctor or even try again. He did not want to disappoint his friends, but he needed to do what made him happy as Carla insisted that was best for him. He persevered through six stressful more weeks of studying and retook the test for the second time, and …show more content…
I cannot relate to growing up in a broken, poor, or abusive home but, I can relate to some of their struggles throughout life. It seems like whether it is personal, family-related, spiritual or mental struggles or problems everyone has those “I give up” moments. The traits these three best friends shared that motivated them and made them persevere through anything is, what got them to where they are today. They took the opportunities given to them by their knowledge, the hopes and dreams they each shared, a leap in faith and grew up to become not only successful men and doctors, but young talented men and set an example to the kids in their neighborhoods, their families and everyone around them. This book has inspired me in so many ways, it is impossible for me not doing the same. If I had ever wanted to meet an author or author(s) of a book, I would choose the meet the three doctors who accomplished their dreams worth