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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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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author‚ Wes Moore‚ begins life in a tough Baltimore neighborhood and ends up a Rhodes Scholar‚ Wall Streeter‚ White House Fellow‚ etc. The other Wes Moore starts in the same place in Baltimore but ends up in prison FOR LIFE. The parallels in their stories aren’t quite as compelling as they may appear initially. For example‚ the other Wes Moore spends a number of his developmental years living in the Bronx‚ NY‚ whereas his namesake never leaves Baltimore and its suburbs. Though Wes Moore
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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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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
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Compare and Contrast – wes1 and 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
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In The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore‚ two boys grew up in similar neighborhoods‚ both spent time on street corners with their crews‚ and both ran into trouble with the police‚ but one Wes Moore became a successful business leader while the other Wes Moore became a convicted felon. A single change made in someone’s life can leave him or her with an entirely different outcome. Society has a huge impact on the development of characters throughout the novel. The theme in The Other Wes Moore‚ when a
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that even though some African Americans try to end the debate about colorism‚ it is still a painful issue many African Americans don’t want to talk about. Jones emphasizes African-Americans cannot fix racism by themselves‚ they need cooperation of others. Jones concludes‚ in order to stop colorism and racism African Americans need to learn how to love ourselves and that should be an easy thing to do. Moreover‚ African Americans can eliminate colorism. African Americans are actually the key to stopping
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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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