List 5 obstacles Rameck faced and how did he overcome them.

I'm sorry. This question is far too involved for a short-answer forum.

1) poverty

2) peer pressure

3) mother was young, unwed, and a drug addict

4) father was a heroin addict

5) father was in jail for most of his childhood

6) longed for his father/ thought jail was his father's home

7) hanging out with the wrong crowd

8) age 16, juvenile jail

9) pranks/ mischief

10) suspension from school