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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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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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. 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
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RUNNING HEAD: WORLDVIEW WORLDVIEW [Type the author name] University What is a worldview? A worldview is the way a person mentally approaches a situation. Every person has a worldview. A worldview is made up of our unique and individual life circumstances such as the status we hold within the community‚ our upbringing‚ how we interpret death‚ the job we hold‚ what we feel we are worth and how we judge between right and wrong. The Question of Origin Acts 17:24 it says‚ that God made the
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considered or parallel to the relationship the other Wes had with his brother‚ tony. This relationship wasn’t the negative relations like with tony‚ but one that was positives in the time that we remembered. Wes wanted to be like his father even when his father wasn’t there‚ and the other Wes wanted to be like his brother tony who was there. Their ways of dealing without a father‚ both Wes’s took their mourning through different mean when growing up. The other Wes‚ felt that the major difference although
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Really think about this‚ how do friends really treat each other? Do they ask their friends to come and tag along with them; or do they just say “ Hey I am going somewhere I will be back later?” In the novella Of Mice and Men‚ written by John Steinbeck‚ George and Lennie are supposed to be best friends‚ but they’re not. In the beginning of the book the boss asks George if he was taking Lennie’s paycheck‚ he says no‚ but Lennie can not take care of himself let alone him patcheak. In the middle of the
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Paths How do two boys with the same name who live within the same community end up with lives on two completely different paths? The 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
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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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darker you are the uglier you are. She addresses 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
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ways‚ created a difference in their lives. The author Wes had factors that affected his life‚ also the Other Wes. Wes had support from his strong mother and from the military. The other Wes didn’t quite have support from his mother and Tony‚ who wanted the best for Wes‚ telling him to stay in school and out of the drug game‚ but Tony was a bad influence to Wes. Due to both Wes’s path’s they took‚ led them to their destinies. The author Wes was growing up in a neighborhood that was a bad environment
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