Bronfenbrenner's Childhood In The Other Wes Moore

Lucas Dial Alt English 111 10 January, 2018 The Other Wes Moore The Other Wes Moore is a story of two different lives, but with the same name, and how their journeys have been shaped by their decisions in the past. Through the book, there are many recurring themes. An individual's choices has consequences, Discipline and violence, the influence of family and friends are all common themes shown by author Wes moore throughout the book, shining light on each of their life journeys.

The author Wes Moore success came from loving and supporting family, role models, and the opportunity for education. However the other Wes Moore didn’t have family support, good role models, and education which caused him to be

In the book The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore, Moore talks about his life experiences and the experiences of another man who is also named Wes Moore. The author states, “The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his,” is true up to the extent in which they had different support systems involving family and friends (Wes xi). Both men had many similarities, but they had differences in their support systems that lead each one to make different choices. They are around the same age, live in the same neighborhood, and both were raised by their single mothers.

The school he was attending was a private school, therefore impacting his image in his neighborhood. “I was becoming too ‘rich’ for the kids from the neighborhood and too ‘poor’ for the kids at school. I had forgotten how to act naturally, thinking way too much in each situation and getting tangled in the contradictions between my two worlds. ”(pg.53) With this contradiction eating away at Wes’ educational integrity, his grades and general attendance began to slip into a state of be unsatisfactory.

In this essay I will be talking about how educated Wes Moore and Arthur Agee have in common with their families. In Hoop Dreams and The Other Wes Moore these two kids went thru a lot in life that brought them down but there was always something that kept them going to accomplishing their dreams.

In both places, young men go through the daily struggle trying to navigate their way through the deadly streets, poverty,…" (Moore 170). This is a quote from a novel written by the successful Wes Moore "Wes 1", where he talks about the similarities between him and the other Wes Moore. Unfortunately for Wes 2, he turned down the wrong path and was involved with drug abuse and violence. This could have something to do with the fact that his father was present, but neither was Wes Moore 's. The only difference was the reasoning behind why their fathers were absent.

(15) Wes helplessly watched as his father suffer. The “other” Wes’s father is alive and well but chose not to be in his son 's life. Wes’s parents tried to make a positive environment for their son, while the “other” wes’s parents left him to fend for himself in the environment that he was born into. Both of the wes’s parents had expectations for them at which they both exceeded, the only difference was that they were two totally different

In this quote, Wes Moore, the narrator is speaking from his house in Baltimore. Wes does not have many memories with his father because his father died when Wes was a little boy. This reveals that Wes had a difficult childhood. Wes looked up to his father because he was his protector. Wes’s only memories with his father are when he made him apologize to his mother and sister for hitting his sister and watching him die

To continue, the other Wes Moore 's life was packed with drama. The drug and crime-induced life that he lived was thrilling, yet not in the way most teens want to relive. His life gave insight into the consequences of drugs and serious premarital relationships. His life was more interesting to read about in my own opinion yet it the other Wes Moore is far from any role model figure of mine. I did enjoy the other Wes ' blunt way of speech like in the quote, “Your father wasn’t there because he couldn’t be, my father wasn’t there because he chose not to be.

Then after writing about how all of Maurice’s career never blossomed, words like, “struggled.” and “floundered” shift the mood from happy and promising, to disappointed and sad. Then again the story goes from Maurice to his son, Mort. Gladwell then begins to speak about how Mort did everything his father wished to do like, successfully opening a law firm and a broadcasting franchise. “Every dream that eluded the father was fulfilled by the son.”

Wes is allowed to call his mother who tells him he cannot come home. She also tells him that “too many people have sacrificed in order for you to be there.” The next day, Wes witnesses the F company (‘the most impressive company’

The Other Wes Moore is a story about the lives of two people with the same name, but it seems as though each of them has been led down a different path. They started out in similar situations, made good and bad decisions, had decisions made for them, and some way, somehow, one Wes Moore overcame all the difficulties while the other Wes Moore now has to live a life of difficulty in prison. The book is told in first person point of view by the Wes Moore that overcome life 's difficulties. In the Baltimore Sun, they ran a newspaper about the author and how he received the Rhodes Scholarship. In the very same newspaper, series of articles were ran about the other Wes Moore stating that the police were trying to locate him on charges of robbery and

In recent stories that we covered there was a common theme of “family”. This theme was portrayed differently by the different authors. One recurring idea inside the theme of family is the failure of the father figure. A few examples of this are Babylon Revisited by Fitzgerald, The Swimmer by John Cheever, and Separation by John Updike. Although all three of these stories deal with the concept of family issues they are all different in their own respect.

This theory illustrates ? how the environment impacts human development" (Bronfenbrenner, 1986, p. 723) as a result of a number of influences such as social networks, poverty, oppression, and discrimination. Sontag (1996) stated that the Ecological Theory highlights the multiple influences on the development of the individual and family. The model includes four subsets: (1) Microsystem, (2) Mesosystem, (3) Exosystem, and (4) Macrosystem.

The ecological theory divides this environment into four categories. The first is the microsystem, which is the child and the social systems and institutions that are in their immediate environment. Followed by this is the mesosystem, which is the result of these reacting microsystems. The ecosystem refers to the broader social influences that impact the child’s development. Lastly is the macrosystem, which is the system of moral codes and principles whereby the microsystem, macrosystem and ecosystem are all rooted and merged within (Louw & Louw,