Analysis Of The Other Wes Moore

The Other Wes Moore was written by Wes Moore (the one not in jail). This book isn’t just one of the usual autobiographies written by a successful African American. The stories of the two men depicted in the book show how a person’s decisions can affect their entire life. The idea that two people can come from the same background and have similar ethnicity and economic status, but end up with different outcomes, is very intriguing and genius as a book. The responsibility, self-sufficiency and ability to be a leader all have an effect on how a person experiences life. According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary, self sufficiency is defined as “The ability to maintain oneself or itself without outside aid: Capable of providing for one’s own needs.” Both Wes Moores show to be self-sufficient at a young age. However, the other Wes Moore (the one who didn’t write the book) took those learned skills and used them towards something illegal in order to get money. In order to provide for his own needs, Wes

Personal responsibility is “the willingness to both accept the importance of standards that society establishes for individual behavior and to make strenuous personal efforts to live by those standards.” Basically, it means that someone will own up to their mistakes and work hard to make the change in order to better themselves. To this day, the other Wes Moore still will not admit to the fact that he was associated in the robbery, much less the murder he was proven to have committed. After he was caught trying to escape military school, Wes Moore took the time to look back at his life and admit that he was heading down the wrong path in life. He then took this as an opportunity to change his life around. Look where this left the two; Wes Moore, a well-known speaker and author, and then the other Wes Moore, spending life in