Wes’ school performance wasn’t perfect. He didn’t pay much attention in class because he was bored. I believe it was because Wes knew what was being taught so much so that it didn’t…
Wes was strong enough to lock his own brother away in his basement and was going to take him across the street to the jail. Wes did not give in to his father’s plea, showing strength and courage in his beliefs. David saw a change in Wes and began to reverse his attitude towards his father, gaining more respect as his father became a stronger figure by not compromising his morals.…
Both Wes’s mothers move them out of their neighborhoods in order to provide them with a chance for a future away from crime and drugs. Both Weses try very hard in adapting to their new environment. In the novel The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore, Joy, the author Wes’s mother moves him to a better part of the Bronx and puts him into a private school. Mary, the other Wes’s mother, moves to Baltimore County, hoping that the other Wes betters himself. However it only gets worse. The other Wes becomes more involved with his community where as the author Wes ties to figure out where he fits in. Both the author Wes Moore and the other Wes Moore face significant challenges in adapting to their new neighborhoods, however, the author Wes struggles more with figuring out how to “fit in.”…
Wes’1 and Wes’2 moved to different towns. Wes’2 was following his big brother steps by becoming a drug dealer. Wes1 got in trouble in school for painting the walls with graffiti. Not only in school, but their behaviors and choices differed on the outside as well.…
In The Other Wes Moore two boys shared the same name, lived in single parent homes, lost their fathers and only lived a few blocks away from each other in Baltimore. Despite these similarities, they made very different choices, which impacted their life outcomes. The choices made by Wes 1 and Wes 2in the book The Other Wes Moore impacted their life outcomes. Wes 1 and Wes 2 made many similar choices such as selling drugs, slacking in school and being involved in criminal activity. The major difference between them was the time of their turning point. Wes 1 realized much later, but it wasn’t until after one of his choices resulted in a life sentencing in prison. Wes 2 realized when his mother sent him to a military school to try and get him in the right direction. This was very hard for Wes 2 he did all he could to leave until he made the decision to stay in which benefited him in the long run.…
In the novel The Other Wes Moore One Name Two Fates written by Wes Moore, each Wes led similar lives but due to seemingly minor decisions in their lives their outcomes drastically differ. There are choices that will come up in life and as seemingly irrelevant or innocent those choices seem can come back and affect the outcome of one's life. The level of commitment that one puts into their work or studies no matter if they want to do it or not, will matter down the road. As trivial as it may seem the support that family and friends offer play a major outcome in an individual's success. The way one's life pans out is not solely dictated in the large moments and in the obvious factors, but the little moments and the seemingly irrelevant factors…
In the introduction Wes states that, “Our stories are obviously specific to our two lives, but I hope they will illuminate the crucial inflection points in every life, the sudden moments of decision where our paths diverge and our fates are sealed.” (xi) He helps us realize that all it takes is one split decision could change our life forever. That you can easily stumble down the right path, even the right one. (xiv)…
Once upon a time, there were two boys who lived in the same neighborhood, with the same name and family situation, but ended up with totally different lives. Both boys grew up in impoverished neighborhoods with single moms. One of the boys grew up to be a successful decorated soldier and author. Wes’ mother, Joy, raised him as a well-disciplined boy sending him to military school. The other boy grows up selling drugs and taking part in several gangs, he later goes to jail for life after killing a veteran police officer in an armed robbery. His mother, Mary, on the other hand, had a more difficult punishing Wes because she was busy working multiple shifts to support her family. Mothers have different methods of raising their children, but they love them none the less, accurately identified by Pearl S. Buck, some mothers are more lenient while others make extreme decisions to insure the best for their kids.…
While the environments that both boys grew up in were similar, there are key differences that influenced each Wes Moore into making different decisions later in their lives. The book begins with a discussion of their fathers; the author Wes Moore, although for a short time in his life, had a loving father who was involved and active. The other Wes Moore, however, had an alcoholic father who was absent his entire life, not bothering to get involved with his son. The second Wes Moore, unlike the author of this novel, never had a father figure and the only male role model he had was his elder brother who eventually dropped out of school to sell drugs. Both boys were also raised by their mothers but were raised in entirely different matters. Joy was a hardworking, strong and independent woman who had an education and grew up in a disciplined and structured environment. Joy was determined to provide the same for her three children, going as far as moving in with her parents and working multiple jobs to allow her children to go to private school instead of the failing public schools of the Bronx. Joy and Wes’ grandparents were strict and provided a stable household with high expectations and respect for rules and severe punishments for breaking those rules. For example, when Wes started to fail in school and did not improve his grades or his behavior his mother sent him to military school. Joy was a strict disciplinarian. Mary, the mother of the other Wes Moore, was not a strict disciplinarian and did not grow up in a stable environment. Mary’s mother died when she…
The author Wes Moore clearly has far more success dealing with the adversity of growing up in the inner city than the other Wes Moore. This is largely due to the impact that his mother has on his life. From a young age his mother disciplines him when he hits his sister and makes sure he knows never to his a woman. “Get to your damn room” (Moore, 5) his mother told him when he playfully punched…
Many people, in their lives have many monstrous people or moments that shape them to the person they are currently. This molding of personality, however, can have a positive or negative effect on a person. It can permanently form a person’s personality for the rest of their lives. Even though Wes Moore is enrolled in a very sophisticated school, that being Riverdale, the school could not help Wes Moore in the way that Valley Forge can.…
Secondly, Wesley Hayden grows the most as a person throughout the novel. At first he is portrayed as an average man, who isn’t very interesting or adventurous as seen through the eyes of his son, David. When Frank is found to be a rapist, Wes then transforms into a deep and critical thinker, who investigates the situation and does the right thing in the end as he knows that he must be fair and unbiased towards the crimes that Frank had committed. Through the situation around him, Wesley Hayden becomes almost a different man because he grows as a person and sees that he must step up and take action otherwise nothing will be…
In the book, The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore, there are issues of institutionalized oppression, internalized oppression, power and privilege, race, human rights, social justice and economic justice. All throughout this book each and every one of these topics were portrayed at one point or another. These issues shaped the two Wes Moore 's as well as their family and friends which made them into the people they are today.…
He left Mary after Wes was born and was never there to help her parent him or even financially. Mary did not ever think that her child would meet his father, and it would have most likely been better he hadn't. In any case, as fate would have it, Wes met his father, twice, and both circumstances his father didn't know who he was. The first run through Wes met his father was the point at which he was moderately young. It was at his grandma's home, and he saw a man sitting on the couch, inclining dubiously to the side, his correct elbow supporting his body and his head about level against his shoulder. The strong smell of whiskey drifted from his clothes and pores. His father was clearly drunk or hung over, and was experiencing difficulty holding himself up. The smell of whiskey made Wes feel uncomfortable. As of now, there is a visible contrast between this memory of other Wes Moore's father and Wes Moore's father. Wes Moore felt extremely safe around his father, and his father was being a good example in his memory, while the other Wes' father is slamming on his grandmother’s couch, drunk and dirty. "The man on the couch looked toward Mary and asked who's this? One of the most noticeably awful, most offending emotions on the planet must be for a parent not to recognize their own kid. As a good example, Wes' father demonstrated Wes that it was…
Although, both the author Wes and the other Wes had bad experience in school at their small age, as they grew up the similarities soon became apart in the area of education. Education is an imperative to future success as is seen in the life of the author Wes Moore. The positive…