 Namond says he believes that he will be dead in ten years time but still claims to have the ambition of becoming a kingpin in the drug trade.He also reveals something of a motive for his disruptive behaviour when he tells the class that he does not believe he should obey the rules when there are so many examples of others profiting from wrongdoing - he states steroids, liquor, cigarettes and Enron as examples.Namond's shrewd descriptions of life on the corner in the classroom do not translate into success in his business.