The other Wes Moore turned out to be the bad egg of the bunch, in a general sense. However, he was demoralized through a series of events that took place around him. For example, “Wes failed the sixth grade at “Chicken Pen” and had to repeat it.”(pg.43) The other Moore eventually stopped attending school altogether, resulting in his growing affiliation with less than desirable individuals. Later into his life he has an illegitimate child and an addict for a wife, with two new heavy weights
In The Other Wes Moore I have the educated Wes Moore that kind 've have some family related issues just like Arthur Agee. Wes grew up living knowing his father passes away right in front of him from a heart attack. A thing that will be with him for ever. Wes grew up with his two sisters and his mother in baltimore but after the accident took place they decided to move in with his grandparents down in new york. As he lived in New york he grew up not liking school he was also transferred to a private school to at least give him a chance to graduate and not drop out.
Following the death, his mother decides to move them into their grandparent’s house in New York, hoping this will make things a little less challenging. However, the neighborhood was not how she remembered. Wes was now witnessing more drug activities and dealing with being enrolled into a new school with a divergent environment. Dissatisfied with his life, he began to care less. His attitude caused his grades to drop and eventually he was placed on academic probation.
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.
And both Moores had positive and negative social influences. This essay by now established the influence family members can make in a person’s life, and in TOWM, family influence is a major key. Both Wes’ were influenced by at least one family member and respectively shaped the people they became. Similarly, the boys had friends who impacted them positively and negatively. When the author Wes started attending Riverdale all the students around him were white, therefore, he felt left out.
In the introduction “The Other Wes Moore”, Wes (2010) explains about two boys with the same name live in the same street and grows up in the same time. However, they have different luck in the life that is one of them is successful in life and is educated, and the other one is unsuccessful in his life and criminal. In addition, the successful boy gets on Rhodes scholar, and he gets the most prestigious academic awards in the world. After he finished the full scholarship, he read an article in the newspaper about armed men was shot and killed the police officer, and he saw two brothers did this crime. One of them has the same his name, Wes Moore.
The story My Turnaround by Jelani Lynch implies that you are more than the conditions you grow up in. The Broader point of Jelani’s story is that we make our own choices and walk our own paths in life regardless of what are presented with. That even if we start to stray from the right path, with enough determination and sometimes help from others, we can straighten ourselves back out. All of us can walk the oath to a better and more successful life.
One quote Wes Moore uses to portray this about Wes is that “It was years before Wes’s mom found out her son had been arrested that day. By the time
What would you do if you learned that someone lived only a few blocks away from you, enduring identical names and the same fatherless childhood, yet ended up on disparate lives? The other Wes Moore was a convicted felon and murderer serving a life sentence in a federal prison, while the author Wes Moore was a honorable and respectable army officer and Rhodes Scholar; so the author Wes Moore proceeded to attain the key to the question in The Other Wes Moore. After several letter exchanges and prison visits, the two Wes Moores formed a deepening relationship. During this time, the author Wes Moore realized that the other Wes Moore had had a similar childhood to his. The two African American boys grew up fatherless and residing in Baltimore, Maryland,
Two men have the same name, with completely different lives and futures. The Other Wes Moore is about two men with the same name but completely experiences in life. The author Wes goes into military school which changes his life. The “other” Wes stays in the drug business and ends up in prison. The Similarities and Differences pertaining to Family Life and role models of both Moores were described in The Other Wes Moore.
After reading the story, it helps us to re-evaluate our choices. Where most give up when they hit a dead-end, others push through it. That’s what needs to be done. Instead of obsessing over the problem, work to better
In the end, his suffering paid off as his hope and dream of finding his family alive finally came true. Through the story of a young boy who treasured all his blessings in a harsh environment, I learned to value the things I have and to not waste these special
“By making good choices, each and every one of you can accomplish anything in life and fulfill your dreams,” stated Coon. Coon also spoke about how he started writing to help students cope with the loss of friends and family at one of his schools, Edward Coon wrote a 12-page pamphlet titled “Lost Love.” “Lost Love” told a true and powerful story of a young girl’s life, including an inspirational message to help students cope with their loss. A few years later, Coon received an anonymous call from a man in Branson, Missouri, whose family benefited from the message within “Lost Love.”
Then he realizes that he was not going to stay with his money when he die. At the end, he helped his employee with a monetary situation. Further, he went to his nephew’s Christmas dinner. Significantly, this novel helps people retrain the meaning of being humble and kind with others. Something that is very important about this novel is that it teaches a lesson of helping others, because you are not going to stay with your money when you die.