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Summary Of The Other Wes Moore

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In chapter 3 “The Other Wes Moore”by Wes Moore, the author states that his mother saw the school system getting poor. She decided to enroll the author in a private school. The author became friend with a boy named Justin they easily bonded because they were the only black kids in the school. Wes was displeased with the new school he was too poor for his classmates and too rich for the neighborhood kids. The author did not know where to fit. Out of all the confusion in his life and not knowing where to fit Wes’ grades began to drop and he started to become unconfident of his abilities. His mother started to threaten him that she will send him to military school. Although he did not take is seriously, his friend Justin did. Justing advise him to concentrate in school. …show more content…

The other Wes’ brother was already deep in the drug game, with people working for him. Tony the other Wes brother had been already shot, right around the same time as his brother Wes failed the sixth grade. Although the other Wes knew that the way Tony was making money was wrong, he still felt envious for all the nice things tony had.One day when the other Wes was walking he saw a kid walking with a headset and he asked the kid how could he get one of those. The kid stated that to get one of those he just needed to speak into the headset every time he saw a policeman.Wes knew this was part of the drug game Tony warned him to stay away from, but the money sold Wes. The other wes started to sell marijuana with the excuse of relieving people from

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