07/18/2014 The Other Wes Moore Can two men with very similar backgrounds grow up to be completely different? Wes Moore takes us on a journey back to his childhood as well as the childhood of a man with the same name. The author Wes describes how the two men‚ grew up just blocks from each other‚ both surrounded with drugs and crime. Wes was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of John Hopkins‚ army veteran and well renowned speaker around the world teaching people about his story. The other Wes Moore was spending
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The Other Wes Moore tells a story of two young men growing up in similar situations. No father‚ kipping class‚ drug influence some situations the Wes Moore’s have to deal with‚ however one ends up a road scholar and influential author the other ends up in prison serving life. This book is a prime example of how certain choices can determine the rest of one’s life. Personal responsibility‚ self sufficiency and citizen leader ship are boldly highlighted and brought to life in this work. Wes Moore
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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. The problem with Riverdale does not entirely lie in the school system‚ it lies in the surroundings around the school system. The drug invested streets and
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The Other Wes Moore’s Profile Essay A person’s success or failure can be determined by their environment‚ education‚ choices; a number of different things. The autobiography The Other Wes Moore takes a look at two boys with the same name and eerily similar circumstances who end up in very different places in life. Wes Moore spoke at convocation about his book and what he hoped that people would get from it. In the book he says “The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy
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Maggie Schuh The Other Wes Moore Assignment Staring at the cover of The Other Wes Moore during my Advising and Registration Day in the spring‚ I honestly was not prepared to already have a summer assignment‚ especially since I should have been enjoying the summer before the real world started. My initial reactions to the book were like any other teenager. I judged this book by its cover and came to the realization that the only way I would open this book was by my own destiny. I had to make
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changing. This year‚ the entire school will be reading the same text. This book was chosen specifically for its content and its connection to the area in which we live. This assignment will be due the last week of September. Please see your English teacher for a specific due date. Read The other Wes Moore: One Name‚ Two Fates by Wes Moore (Warning: This novel contains some explicit language. If this is an issue for you or your child‚ please contact the English Department Chair at karthur@bcps
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Discussion #1 In Wes Moore’s “The Other Wes Moore” both characters live within the same city‚ with the same names but grow up to lead very different lives. Both kids grow up living in Baltimore where drugs and poverty are at an all time high. Violence is a reoccurring theme in this book and both boys have run-ins with the law. Each of the Wes Moore boys both struggle in school with attendance and academics. Their stories start off the same but each of the boys grows up and lives very different
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differently. It’s obvious‚ yet so obscure. People look at others and wonder why they function the way that they do. The truth is‚ we will never know. Everyone’s story is different. Everyone has a different upbringing‚ and different values. In The Other Wes Moore: One Name‚ Two Fates by Wes Moore‚ this concept is brought to light‚ showing how different two lives can become when they go separate ways; one towards education and its rewards‚ the other towards money and its corrupted power. One of the stories
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The Other Wes Moore 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. Oppression usually comes from individuals that are
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wes2 The other Wes Moore is about two young black men who grew up in the same area and they had similar experiences and environmental influences‚ but they ultimately ended up on different life paths. Both‚ Wes1 and Wes2 experienced death of a family member. Wes1 experienced the death of his father when he was 3 years old. Wes2 experienced the death of his grandmother also when he was young. Wes2’s father was still alive but he wasn’t around. Wes2 didn’t have a father to count on; his father chose
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