would you do if you found out that someone grew up only a few blocks away from you‚ bearing the same name‚ the same fatherless childhood‚ yet ended up with different lives in the end? Wes Moore went out to find the answer to the question in the book The Other Wes Moore. Both the author Wes Moore and the other Wes Moore had similar childhoods. Both grew up fatherless and living in Baltimore‚ Maryland‚ both lived a life on the streets‚ and both ran into trouble with the police. At a glance‚ their lives
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The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore is a book about two Wes Moores who grew up similarly with the same name‚ but chose two different destinies as time went on. Both of them endured a life without a father figure‚ got into serious trouble with the police‚ and grew up in a poor household. The author of the book‚ Wes‚ is at first a trouble maker‚ doesn’t have a healthy relationship with his mother‚ and struggles in school. Since Wes skipped classes and let his grades slip‚ his mother made a tough and expensive
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The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore‚ there are a series of events or incidents in the second half of the book that display that variety of motivation that exists. Having read the book one may argue that the author Wes Moore was motivated by more intrinsic drive whereas the other Wes was motivated more by extrinsic drive. Both of the Wes Moore’s had varying motivations for their incidents throughout the second book that prove that the author runs by a more varied motivation whereas the other Wes runs
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The Other Wes Moore Success of Extrinsic Factors - By Marc Reyes What affects the successfulness of a person and how does that account for people around them? There are two different ideas that could determine this being one’s intrinsic interactions with their genetic make up and who they are personally‚ nature‚ and one’s extrinsic interactions with their environments and experiences with people around them‚ nurture. The Other Wes Moore provides multiple outlooks on these interactions and how
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addiction‚ loneliness‚ pain and all kinds of hardships through important points in their lives. What defines most of us and makes us who we are however‚ are these tragic and painful moments of struggle. The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore taught me that my own struggles and obstacles shouldn’t and cannot ever bring me down. In the introduction of the novel‚ Wes Moore says that “…our destinies can be determined by a single stumble down the wrong path‚ or a tentative step down the right one.” His statement
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he Other Wes Moore; A Tale of Manhood In The Other Wes Moore: One Name‚Two Fates the author‚ Wes Moore introduces readers to the other Wes and his childhood self. While sharing similar origins‚ the two men present themselves as adults in two very different ways. Wes Moore tries to explain the difference between the other Wes and himself‚ by exploring their childhood and how they both came into their manhood. Both learn from their role models how to be perceived as a man. For the other Wes that
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In the book The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore‚ two people by the name of Wes Moore turned out to have different fates. One became a Rhodes Scholar while the other became a convicted murderer who’s going to spend the rest of his life in prison. How did one become more traditionally successful than the other? One can say that it’s because of how their mothers guided them and the environment they grew up around. Children don’t know any better‚ they depend on the guidance of a father‚ mother
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Taylor Faucett Tuesday/Thursday 9:30-10:45 The Other Wes Moore One Name‚ Two Fates “The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his” (Moore‚ 2010‚ front cover). The Other Wes Moore is about two guys with the same name but end up going down totally different paths in life‚ hence the quote. In this paper it will discuss the novel‚ The Other Wes Moore‚ describe their social location‚ and describe the sociological perspectives used in sociology
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Argumentative Essay The Other Wes Moore Lots of factors contribute when deciding whether your environment or your DNA affects you more and the way you are. But in the situation of this book The Other Wes Moore‚ the author Wes Moore‚ believes that external factors affect an individual’s success based on what happens throughout the book. Education and people are the main factors in the Wes’ and the other Wes’ life. Education was a big impact on both of the Wes’ life. One was struggling to get a
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The Other Wes Moore not only drug addiction is a problem but even becoming a drug dealer isn’t a far stretch. The novel follows two men with the same name not far apart‚ but two different fates. One Wes becomes a respectable Sargent after cleaning up his act while the other ends up in prison for life after a rough life with bad involvements through it all. In the beginning of the book we learn about the boys‚ one has a dad out of the picture while the other had passed away. Both of the Wes Moore’s
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