The Contender pgs105-125

Main characters always have a motive in a story. With The Contender Alfred wants to just become more than worker at a pharmacy. In fact he would like to become a champion fighter & like to move his aunt & siblings out of the slums to a better neighborhood. When he gets up every mourning just to do extra running to be in better shape, u can tell he is fousced on what he wants to accomplish. But he just wants to make something out of himself in the future for him, his aunt, his siblings, other family & his peers. To make them look up to him as a positive figure & a sucess.