Joy's Abuse In The Other Wes Moore

Carol Dweck’s Brainology sets forth the “growth mindset” as the only factor in a student’s success. However, Alfie Kohn’s The Perils of ‘Growth Mindset’ Education: Why We’re Trying to Fix our Kids When We Should Be Fixing the System, proposes another view. Also, Home Life is a third factor that impacts a student’s success. I believe all three of these are integral to a student’s accomplishments.

The article “The Distinct, Positive Impact of a Good Dad” focuses a lot on the basic impact of how much of an influence a dad is to a child’s life. It explains the difference between how the father impacts the child’s life in a more “open arms” way whereas, a mother has a more “closed arms” impact. Having a good dad around in a child’s life is more likely to make for a better future for the kid, compared to a child who doesn’t have a good dad in their life or little to no dad at all they have a less likely chance for a better future as studies have shown. Studies have shown that mental health is a huge issue with both genders when they have a strong relationship with their father as to being in a household with a

Twenty-eight-year-old Anthony Frederico was fired from his dream job as a sports reporter after making the mistake of publishing an article with a racist headline. After years filled with regret over his career-ending mistake, Frederico finds new life as a Catholic priest living by the word of god (Zauzmer 1). The world is teeming with second chances and forgiveness, which is a recurring theme in the novel, The Other Wes Moore and the classic, The Scarlet Letter. The theme of second chances is supported throughout these narratives using the literary elements of imagery and stream of consciousness.

The book The Other Wes Moore, by Wes Moore, addresses problems such as family influence and drug and alcohol abuse and the effect of drugs and alcohol. This autobiography is about two boys with the same name who have similar lives, but end up in very different places. This book tackles situations such as how you choose your life, how family could affect you, and how being under the influence of drugs could change your life.

In the book, The Other Wes Moore, the author deliberately talks about the viability of two young individuals who share the same name and went down the same road, but ended in dramatically different paths. Both Wes’s were from Baltimore and came from low income families. They both grew up in a single parent home where they only had their mothers in their lives but not their fathers. The reasons for their fathers not being in the picture are immensely different though. Similarly, they come across critical moments or events that lead to the different circumstances they end up in. Also, the impact that their families had on them was quite different and the way the families reacted to their behavior was nothing alike. I believe the environment in which one is raised in and the people who surround someone has a lot to do with the way one turns out to be. While one of the Wes’s prospers in life and becomes a successful person, the other falls in the hands of their environment and finds the easy way out of it by being in the drug business.

Wes Moore grew up being the man of his household. With an absent father, a full-time working mother, and a drug dealing half-brother, Wes’s life was off to a bitter start. He was surrounded by drugs; his mom used drugs to ease her stress, his half-brother got into gang violence because of drugs, and his friends were drug dealers as well. In the book The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore, the Other Wes started the drug game at a young age despite his brother and mothers attempts to stop him. Wes grew up in a broken home, harsh streets, and an unmotivating school environment.

The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore is about two friends both named Wes Moore who were very close in age and lived even closer to each other. Both had lives without a father which is very common where they lived, had a very rough and depressing life growing up while also joining gangs and ran into trouble with police. The two boy’s however ended up in life very differently, The first boy a convicted murderer serving a life sentence, and the other a highly esteemed veteran, Business leader, Scholar, and accepted into America's most prestigious programs for leadership and public service. The word I chose for this book was choice.

The Other Wes Moore documents the true life stories of two Black males named Wes Moore that both grew up in broken families located in disadvantaged neighborhoods, but regardless of their similar backgrounds one Wes Moore became a Rhodes Scholar while the other is incarcerated (Moore, 2010). In similar vein, I saw the same parallels with the Wes Moore’s in my own life with having a half-brother with the same name as myself who was incarcerated. Although we were directed toward different trajectories we were only houses apart from each other with an abusive father that simultaneously maintained two families. It could be argued the trajectories were mere coincidence, but my twin sister and I both sustained the same experiences from birth, yet

Mark Twain once said, “When ill luck begins, it does not come in sprinkles, but in showers.” In Wes Moore’s nonfiction novel The Other Wes Moore, the author starts life in an intense Baltimore neighborhood where gangs, shootings, robberies, and drug trafficking are normal, everyday occurrences. Despite all of these negative influences, Wes winds up being a Rhodes Scholar (the most prestigious academic award in the United States), a successful military veteran, businessman, White House Fellow, and an inspiration to many. The other Wes Moore ends up in the same neighborhood in Baltimore, but is sentenced for life in jail for the involvement in a robbery where a security guard was shot and killed. Eventually, it came down to the support that the

In Wes Moore's New York Times Best Selling book, The Other Wes Moore we follow the stories of two young men of the same name. One man is consumed by the life of crime and selling drugs that he was surrounded by as a Baltimore city youth then ends up at the mercy of the law and another man who also begins life in a not-so-good neighborhood in Baltimore but through hard work escapes the fate that many in his situation succumb to and becomes a highly respected, successful member of society. The story of these men have been spread throughout the globe and it teaches the lesson that certain decisions can change the outcome of your life drastically and challenges people to make good choices.

In the book, The Other Wes Moore written by Wes Moore, shows us a glimpse into two men’s lives growing up in Baltimore in the late 70s. The entire memoir is based off of both of the Wes’ lives, significant stories, and events that lead them to the places they are today. This gives us a peek into how it was like to grow up surrounded by the war on drugs. Wes explains how he wasn’t so far from the other Wes and the chances of him having the same fate wasn’t so far fetched for a large chunk of his life.. We see drugs directly affect both of the boys from selling, to knowing someone addicted. Being around this was normal for both of them; it’s possible the reason the author escaped a similar fate because his mom worked for him to be removed from

How can two people have the same name and not realize it? They both grew up in Baltimore, Maryland and they both had similar lives growing up but their futures were completely different. One Wes Moore grew up to be successful while the other one landed himself in jail. They both had a similar childhood. They both grew up without a father and they both got themselves into trouble a lot. They grew up in the neighborhoods where a lot of drug deals and violence went on. Each of their mothers wanted the best for them and they made sure they tried as hard as they could to make that happen. In the book, The Other Wes Moore, both Wes Moore’s face similar challenges but one turns out successful and one ends up in jail.

As we continue with “The Other Wes Moore,” fate has taken a turn for the worse. Wes has followed his older brother foot's steps in becoming a drug dealer while the other Wes is falling behind in school. Tony has influenced Wes in becoming a drug dealer unintentionally because Wes idolized Tony and wanted to be just like his big brother despite following in his wrong footsteps. Younger siblings will always look up at their older siblings because the older siblings have always protected and cared for them. Older sibling will become a parent figure to the younger sibling by offering them advice and guiding them into the right path. Tony being the older brother wanted a better life for his little brother because he knew the consequences of being a drug dealer. Drug dealers are more likely to become addicts, sentence to jail or be killed. Tony wanted his brother Wes to stay out of this lifestyle, but

It was clear by just the first few pages of both books that both these books dealt with drugs. Dreamland literally has ‘opiate’ in the title while one can simply read the back cover to discover this fact. Both styles were similar due to both being written in small parts. The Other Wes Moore splits both Moore’s stories in the same chapter with a creative title describing both stories. For example, the chapter ‘Foreign Ground’ describes a new environment for both boys. The one began a new school where he doesn’t fit in while the other moves to a new home. Both of these are a step up from where they were before. Dreamland possesses witty yet literal titles such as ‘Delivered Like Pizza’ which shows the system of delivering drugs. They even have

Wes had willingly turned a blind eye to the effects of the drug, however, after Wes Moore found Cheryl using heroin had he directly confronted with the effects.Wes had experienced these effects for years through his job and it disgusted him, but he could always get away from that. Once these effects entered his personal life, however, it “...pained him to realize that the mother of his children was just like them” (Moore 137).Wes simply could not handle the weight of not only his guilt for allowing this to happen but also his hypocrisy for still allowing other people to