our decisions are . In The Other Wes Moore, both Wes’s had the ability to control their destinies and decided how they wanted to live. It is easy to blame a child’s upbringing when something goes wrong in their teenage and adult life. However, both Wes Moore’s had a similar childhood yet still ended up with different fates. For example, both of them had absent fathers and were raised by a single parent One of them describes their situation perfectly by telling the other. “Your father wasn’t there
really change a life. In The Other Wes Moore, the author Wes Moore and the ‘other’ Wes Moore live in the same place, have the same name, and never knew each other growing up. They grew up to go in very different direction. ONe is living his dream life, and one is living in a cell. Similarities and differences pertaining to education and family of both Moores were described in The Other Wes Moore. Both Wes Moores struggles with family issues in their lives. The author Wes Moore had 2 sister that he lived
tragedies. The impact from a slight difference can vary to be very vast to very small, such a slight difference, however, can change a person’s life as a whole. In the book, The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore there is a difference that can be identified between the author’s life and that of the other Wes. This difference, though can be very critical and is ultimately able to lead to a path of triumph or failure for an individual. The lack of involvement a mother has for their child
think that we're products of our environments? I think so, or maybe products of our expectations.”(Wes Moore) This quote, said by author, Wes Moore is an essential aspect shared between both novels. The Other Wes Moore, is the story of two boys that grow up in the same community, share the same name, and grow up to be very different people. One of the Wes’s becomes a successful author, and the other Wes is sentenced to life in prison. Author, Nathaniel Hawthorne, is responsible for producing the tale
book, The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore, because of how closely connected two men living in Baltimore were. Both men named Wes Moore with a father out of the picture made it an oddly “small world.” But although they had very similar upbringings, their lives took extremely different paths. Three key differences that make them different are: why their fathers weren’t apart of their lives, what they grew up around, and how their mother’s dealt with troubled kids. Although their lives very
The Other Wes Moore is a book about two young African-American lives that share the same name, Wes Moore. Both Wes Moores grew up with similarities, they both grew up in the same hometown. One of the Wes Moore is free and the other one is spending his life in jail. They both grew up without fathers. The author's father died in front of him when he was just three years old and the other Wes Moore barley knew his dad. The Author's father wasn’t there because he couldn’t be, and the other Wes Moore, father
turn out so different? The other Wes differs from the narrator because he chose to get involved with drugs and the narrator was taught to make good choices. The narrator and the other Wes are similar because they both lived with their single mother. The narrator and the other Wes were very similar in important ways. In The Other Wes Moore, the narrator Wes and the other Wes Moore have many similarities, but they are also very different. The narrator Wes and the other Wes are similar because they
Amber Armfield English 111 Professor Correll March 3, 2015 Paper #2 Outline – Compare and Contrast I. Introduction Paragraph: a. Can two men with similar traits and backgrounds grow up to be completely different? b. In “The Other Wes Moore” the story shows how the Author Wes Moore and the Other Wes Moore are both similar, but also unmistakably different. “Your farther wasn’t there because he couldn’t be, my father wasn’t there because he chose not to be. We’re going to mourn
for her crime. The Other Wes Moore, written by Wes Moore, tells a story of two boys who both had similar backgrounds. However, one made the most of his situation and became a successful author, while the other became a drug dealer and ended up serving a life sentence after assisting in an armed robbery that turned into murder. Although The Scarlet Letter and The Other Wes Moore are completely different books, they both share a common message that one mistake can change how others perceive them by using
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