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Respect In Wes Moore
Respect, there is a common theme of respect within this novel. No matter how many bad decisions or good decisions you make in your life, if you do not respect and look up to people you are never going to be the person that you want to be. Respect is something that everyone has to have for someone. When you respect people they become the people you look up to and the people that motivate you in life. Respect is a 7 letter word that everyone is this world should have. Both of the Wes’ respect someone and without that I don’t know if either Wes would have made it. Author Wes Moore had a lot of Respect for his mother and also his Aunt Nicely. Without his respect for them and the way he looked up to them he could have ended up on the same path
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