The world's first autobiographer and Roman poet, Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace), states, “life is largely a matter of expectation”. The idea that success comes from high expectations has been evident since 65 B.C., and is still a common argument in 2017. When Wes Moore is meeting with his incarcerated acquaintance, who is also named Wes Moore, the two are discussing where their life stories diverged. Both had similar upbringings, neither with a father figure, but with different support systems. The author Wes Moore, who was sent to military school as a teenager, is now a successful and highly regarded entrepreneur. The other Wes Moore, who is now serving his life in jail for a conviction of murder, was neglected the same opportunities for a second chance. …show more content…
This quote is powerful because it claims that humans are mind over matter. Whatever you think will be, will be. Author and Rhodes scholar Wes Moore was reassured in military school that he should be respected, so he respected himself. The other Wes was constantly being told he was a delinquent, and so he acted like one. Wes also claims that humans “will do what others expect of [them], agreeing with Horace’s statement that how humans live life comes from what expectations are projected on them (Moore 126).
From being incarcerated, the other Wes Moore becomes less than a human being. Moore writes, “I didn’t know this man. He was simply an address” (Moore 126). The metaphor of a human being described as an inanimate object dehumanizes him. This dehumanization highlights the idea that from his mistakes, Wes was thrown into jail and is cast off as a citizen. This simple but powerful choice of his writing creates a harsh reality of how the prison systems make a person less
The quote “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment” by Ralph Waldo Emerson, can be lived by many people in the world. For example Albert Einstein, Martin Luther King Jr. and Haley Schmutz all live by this quote. Albert Einstein lived by the quote “ To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment” by Ralph Waldo Emerson because was a different thinker. Einstein was a different kind of thinker than others because thinking outside the box was one of him many differences than others.(Anderson 23).
In ‘From the inside’, Ruth Wyner explains how imprisonment makes you lose yourself. In the article, Ruth recalled her life no longer being her own when a police officer interrupted her doing yoga. While she was on her way to prison, Ruth admired the countryside because for her it was like a last supper. Moreover, after not smoking for ten years, Ruth relapsed.
This quote reflects the greed of the Pardoner and his hypocrisy. The Pardoner is a human representation of greed. He works by abusing the people’s trust in church officials by selling false relics at outrageous prices. The Pardoner openly states that he only works for his own gain, not to help the Church. The Pardoner’s tale follows three travelers betraying each other to get as much wealth that they can.
The book “Picking Cotton” tells the true story of forgiveness faith and courage. The author Jennifer Thompson Camino shares her account as a survivor of sexual assault and the healing process as a college student 1984. Alongside her, Ronald Cotton tells his story of wrongful conviction and imprisonment as an innocent man together. It’s switched from both points of views in the book, Ronald and Jennifer’s. It made it more manageable to follow their story.
The Wes Moore’s Success Can a person's successfulness really depend on on the way they were raised and environment they live in? Many argue that a person’s nature, other wise known as their physical surroundings, could affect how successful someone could become in their future. Others argue that it is a person's nurture that determine their successfulness. In “The Other Wes Moore,” Wes Moore, the author, and the other Wes Moore share the same name and similar lives, but only one manifested himself into a successful life. How did only one Wes Moore manage to make his life successful?
Writing Assignment Freak the Mighty The quote I chose was “ No one stays like they are. Everybody is always changing”. I agree with this quote because I see people changing all the time.
Uniquely, Etheridge Knight’s first book, Poems from Prison, was published while he was incarcerated. One of the poems within his first book was “Hard Rock Returns to Prison from the Hospital for the Criminal Insane”. This poem is written from the perspective of an inmate watching the changes of a fellow inmate known as “Hard Rock” for his strength, take-no-crap attitude, and temper throughout lobotomy procedures and electric shock therapy. This poem not only depicts events occurring around the time of its publication, but also coincides with events in the author’s life. While aspects of the poem are obvious, there remain various others shown only through context, format and symbolism.
In Adam Gopnik 's piece “Caging of America,” he discusses one of the United States biggest moral conflicts: prison. Gopniks central thesis states that prison itself is a cruel and unjust punishment. He states that the life of a prisoner is as bad as it gets- they wake up in a cell and only go outside for an hour to exercise. They live out their sentences in a solid and confined box, where their only interaction is with themselves. Gopnik implies that the general populace is hypocritical to the fact that prison is a cruelty in itself.
Andy Dufresne is wrongfully placed in jail for a murder he didn't commit, the murder he supposedly committed was against his significant other and her lover In spite of the fact that Andy says he is blameless, the proof towards him is extremely solid and he was discovered liable. Andy realizes that jail will be truly troublesome and alarming for him, chiefly in light of the fact that he knows he shouldn't be in there. Rita Hayworth and the shawshank redemption is a novella whose main theme and message is about hope.
“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” This quote is by Thomas Jefferson, by this he means that people with the right mental mindset, to an extent can risk their health to get what they want. But when people don’t have the right mental mindset they may risk their well being just to get what they want. To achieve goals and happiness in life people to an extent may risk their own health, health of others and possibly put their identity on the line.
An education can lead to a valuable set of skills. It did for Wes Moore, the author of The Other Wes Moore, Wes found another person with the exact same name as he and they both had different turning points in their life’s which resulted in one being in prison and the other writing a book about the whole thing. The author was motivated to do better even with his environment trying to tear him down. I can personally relate to this because I have begun to do the same with this semester of school. Wes and I have some things in common, he strived to make a better life for himself
“Never settle; if you say it, you'd better mean it and you'd better do it; dare to be different; and see the awesomeness in others.” In 2015 Road Dog and Strataforce had an annual revenue of 49.9 million dollars, in 2016 it increased to 65 Million dollars. Both companies combined had 81 employees, 11 offices, was present in 14 states and had 10000 temporary workers. Now they can offer staff for companies both on site and for transportation.
To me this quote is referring to how you should behave while out in the natural world. Each sentence of this quote represents a different thing you should be cautious of while outside. This quote is very important to me because so many people do not follow what should be done and are harmful to this planet, which we call home. As a society I believe we need to really start to protect the planet and not keep polluting it and killing animals just because you want to.
The quote that I chose is “When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you” by Lao-tzu. Personally, this means that the more a person does not look for approval from other people the person becomes much happier. Without a person comparing themselves to other people such as celebrities of whom they see on TV or even their role models, they will gain more respect from their peers. The respect will come when they see how the person caries themselves since they do not care of what other people think of that person which means if they try hating on the person, the person will ignore them which means the haters will have to carry on with their business since the person with whom they are trying to dehumanize with their hatred is not paying any
Do unto others as you would like them to do unto you - A quote from the bible if I’m not wrong. Sounds quite easy to do but in the society we are living in today I think it is one of the most difficult to achieve. We all think of ourselves in high esteem as decent individuals, but are we really? We tend to say one thing and do another, ask our children to do the right thing yet right in front of them we do the wrong thing. We’re taught that respect is earned, not demanded, have you earned the respect you are demanding for?