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Connor Keenan
Mrs. Thomas
English 9H
15 February 2011
Non Fiction Essay
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Non fiction writing is realistic and true. The subject matter is about a person, a
place, or a thing. Non fiction writing talks about events that actually happened, real
places, and real people.
Some non fiction examples I have read are: “The Sacred Grove of Oshogbo” by
Jeffrey Tayler, “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou, “Advice to
Youth” by Mark Twain, “Carry your Own Ski’s” by Lina Dolan, “The Ignored Lesson of
Anne Frank” by Bruno Bettelheim, “Is Hunting Ethical?” by Ann Calsey, and “AT&T
Losing iPhone Grip, Signals Start to Tough Year” by Reuters.
“The Pact” is a work of non fiction because it really happened, and the people in
the book really exist. “The Pact” is an inspiring and uplifting story of the journey and
struggles of three young men that form a pact to become doctors. The young men grow
up in rough parts of Newark, New Jersey where stabbings and gun wounds are the norm.
These young men know that they must get out of this place, so one of the young men,
George, convinces the other two to become doctors with him. They have a long and
rough journey ahead of them. Through high school, the boys experience negative
environments and poor living conditions, they even got themselves sent to juvenile
detention centers. During a summer program to get ready for college, the boys learn that
they are going to need to put forth more effort toward school. College is a very troubling
experience where the boys learn that they must work hard to succeed. Their experiences
in medical school are by far the most troubling. Sam faces self doubt, George was
confronted with isolation, for the first time since high school, George is on his own.
When everything was going against them, their race, their finances, their home life, they
still pulled through and became doctors.
All in all, I very much liked the novel “The Pact”. Sam, Rameck, and George’s
story of friendship, and overcoming the odds is one that should be read everywhere. What
I liked about “The Pact” was the colorful descriptions of their ways of life, it really
makes you appreciate how much they had actually overcome. I would definitely
recommend this book to people of all ages. Students can learn from this book, young
adults can learn from this book, even parents are able to learn from this book. The lesson
that can be learned is very universal and can be applied to almost anyone’s life. “The
Pact” is an outstanding book, and I hope that is gets even more recognition.