Resiliency In The Other Wes Moore

Every person has difficulties in their life. Their struggles are defined by the individual; a struggle for me may be completely different compared to someone else’s. The book “The Other Wes Moore” describes how the difficulties of two men controlled both of their lives. Wes Moore escaped and overcame his difficulties, however, the Other Wes was enveloped in his. Both of these men had very similar backgrounds yet their lives went separate ways.

In his book, “The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates,” Wes Moore (2011) tells a true story about two men from Baltimore who have identical names but have different outcomes in life. He also illustrates the similarities of their life’s situations when they were younger, the decisions they made in life and their impacts, and the roads they took that ultimately led them to where they are today.

“One name, two fates,” that what the author of the Other Wes Moore stated on the cover of his book. Two boys that were born in the same neighborhood in Baltimore, and had a difficult childhood since they both grew up fatherless. The coincidence was that the two boys were called Wes. They both shared a lot of similarities from living in a poor neighborhood and growing up in Baltimore street corners with their squads. However, their futures were completely different as one achieved the impossible and the other was a convicted murderer serving a life sentence. People may think that how could this happen since they both were living the same circumstances. However, in the book Wes Moore, the boys did not have equal opportunities in terms of parenting, education, and environment.

The book The Other Wes Moore One Name, Two Fates was written by Wes Moore. The novel consists of two boys who had an identical name: Wes Moore. One gets to experience things he never thought of and the other we will be behind bars until death for a robbery. In this novel, it really shows the difference between the two and how they grew up. They grew up at the same time, on the same streets, and with the same name. Their stories came together and one helped the other. It was a large story that consists of young boys in a chaotic part of history and violent time and apparent to succeed and fail in revolutionary ways. How one takes action for doing good and the other going down the wrong road.

Resilience is about how an individual deals, resists, recovers and learns from adversity’s in life. If a child is resilient they are less likely to be damaged as a result of negative experiences and are more likely to learn from and move on. In order for a child to be resilient they need to believe in themselves and have others they can rely on in their lives.

Have you ever thought about what your life would be like if you made just one wrong decision? In The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates, written by Wes Moore, the two men, both with the same name, find out what their life could have been like if they had just made a few different decisions. Their names and the circumstances they grew up in made them the same, but the choices they each made is what granted them separate fates.

The Other Wes Moore is a novel by Wes Moore that is about two men that live in a similar situation, but their outcomes are completely different. Both men grew up around gangs and drugs, each of those factors affected them differently. The Other Wes gets involved with drugs and joins a gang, while the Author Wes goes to military school and becomes a decorated combat veteran. Many outside factors also contribute to these outcomes, but each Wes had to allow that to happen. No two people are the same it is just how they let the world change them, that decides how they live. Children who

Resilience is a term that is often applied to those who have faced hardship and viewed the experience in a positive light as an opportunity to grow and change for the better (Wagnild & Collins, 2009). The definition however seems to vary from place to place. Ungar et al. (2008) stated “definitions of resilience are ambiguous when viewed across cultures" (p.174) which is why the understanding of resilience may be difficult to capture (as cited in Windle, Bennett & Noyes, 2011). Although the literature agrees on several common themes about resilience there are many varying opinions on how to define the concept or the attributing factors. Earvolino-Ramirez (2007) and

Resilience helps individuals to overcome obstacles. What is resilience? It is an ongoing process of adapting well in the face of obstacles and challenges. Sometimes resilience is known as “bouncing back.” Resilience is not trait. It is not something people either have or do not have. Resilience strategies can be learned and developed by anyone.

Resilience is best defined as the elasticity of the oceans waves. After crashing all the way to the rocky shore they pull back, recovering from the shallow circumstances they were thrown into. Being resilient is being able to rise to the occasion in times of hardship. When facing life's disadvantages we have to look for what we can learn from it, apply that knowledge, and move on looking toward a better tomorrow.

Resilience is to face life’s hardships with courage and patience, and not giving up. It is a character quality that lets a person rebound from stress, difficulties and threats. Resilience gives one strength and wisdom that can be used to overcome more difficulties in the future. One needs to be resilient in order to overcome through the problems and stress they have to deal with, and become more successful.

Resilience is the ability to bounce back from failures, adversities, disappointments, and rejection. This is needed because bad things happen in life. People who are not resilient see failures as final and give up on their dreams. Resilient individuals learn from failures and continue to reap success.

It is important to know that there is no universal definition of what is meant by resilience. Resilience is the ability to face the challenges life brings, and finding ways out and grow stronger. The concept of resilience appears to be as, the ability to “bounce back” quickly from a difficult situation (Rutter, 1993) and seems to be cross-culturally recognised (Hunter, 2001). According to Rutter (1985) and Stein (2005), it means thriving against the odds, confronting, and improving. However, other theorist have critiqued the following and said to be too simplistic. They described it as 'the maintenance of competent functioning despite an interfering emotionality' (Garmezy 1991:466), or 'a dynamic process encompassing positive adaptation within

The concept of resilience is a characteristic brought upon individuals when they are followed by adversity. The concept is based on an understanding that individuals develop resilient behaviours to assist in coping followed by adversity. However there are many differing theories between researchers on how resilience is developed or brought upon an individual. Within the early studies children were the main focus of the research. This was to understand how problems during childhood could be prevented and identify how to improve the concept of resilience. Garmezy 1993 believed resilience was focused on risk and protective factors. He believed protective factors prepare an individual to be able to cope while risk factors prevent an individual to cope well. The protective and risk factors that prepare an individual are based on an individual 's biological, psychological, social and cultural factors. For example a healthcare consumer’s protective factor may be their psychological self esteem while

Resilience in an individual refers to successful adaptation, despite the risk and adversity. The manner in which Matson 2004 defines resilience is very clear to me, as I can relate and reflect this to one particular girl that resided in the care centre I worked. Throughout the young girl's childhood, she developed an insecure and ambivalent attachment to both her parents, as a result of their hectic lifestyle of substance misuse. At a young age her father died from the HIV viruses, which lead her mother in becoming depressed and profoundly dependant on drugs. Due to the mother's dependency, she was unable to respond accordingly to the girls needs, given very mixed and inconsistent responses. At the age of 10, due to extreme neglect, the young girl was removed from her mothers care and entered the care setting. Over the years the young girl had experienced several placement breakdowns, and at 13 was admitted to a residential centre. During this time she felt both a