The Other Wes Moore book analysis

Both Weses had several circumstances in common that happened early on in their lives. Moore narrates that he lost his father at a young age due to a medical misdiagnosis. The author says that with the loss of his father, his family had to move to the Bronx to live with his grandparents. The author Wes was the second of three children, and with the absence of his father, his mother Joy had to work multiple jobs to send him and his siblings to school. Moore adds that he was enrolled in a private school but skipped his classes often and was put on academic probation. On the other hand, the

In conclusion, both Wes Moore’s had critical moments and different standpoints throughout the entirety of their lives. Though they both had individual accountabilities it was the choices that they individually made that ultimately determined there fates. “Wes and I stared at each other for a moment, surrounded by the evidence that some kids were forced to become adults prematurely. These incarnated men, before they’d even reached a point of basic maturity, had flagrantly-and tragically-squandered the few opportunities they’d

Bad Influences, Stressful Situations, and Abandonment led to the incarceration of the Other Wes Moore. The Other Wes Moore was a man that lived in the same neighborhood as the successful Wes Moore, but he had more negatives than positives in his life, which causes him to be influenced by all of the bad influences.

In the novel The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates it tells the story of two boys with the same name but two very different mindsets in life. “Life and death, freedom and bondage, hang in the balance of every action we take” (xiv). Wes Moore (1), the author, has had many things that impacted to his mindset that led to good and evil choices thought-out his life. Wes Moore (2) had made decisions that set a wrong mindset that would leave him in one place for the rest of his life. The mindsets of Wes Moore (1) and Wes (2) impacted their chances with the law, their choices with education and their opportunities with employment.

Public shame is never a pleasant occurrence, but every society has its own way of punishing others who have committed a crime. Humiliation is present in everyday life and in novels. The Scarlet Letter and The Other Wes Moore both deal with public degradation. The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore is the story of two men who live very different lives, but share the same name. Both faced similar difficulties in their youth, although they went down opposite paths in their adult lives. The other Wes Moore chose a path of drugs and violence, which led to him committing murder during a robbery. After his arrest, Moore’s mugshot was shown all over the news and he had a criminal trial. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester Prynne has committed a horrible sin in her Puritan community, she has committed adultery. Her punishment was being branded with a piece of scarlet cloth shaped like the letter A on her chest for the rest of her life. Hester must deal with the continuous judgement of the townspeople with her daughter Pearl. Hawthorne and Moore both described in their novels the effect humiliation has on an individual's life and how public shame is present in all societies, past and present, through the use of tone and descriptive imagery.

In The Other Wes Moore, the author Wes Moore displays his life, along with other Wes Moore that compares. They both had similarities with their life, but what ultimately changed their destination was their friends. The author had both his street friends, as well as the support of his private school friends, that influenced his actions early in life. Eventually his peers at the military school also positively influenced Moore’s decisions later on in life. The other Wes, however, had his brother and friends with more negative influences, thus him making worse decisions. With his brother setting a poor example,

Wes Moore has mentioned in the book, The Other Wes Moore, that the decisions that the other Wes Moore made could have been him because both Wes Moores have dealt with similar situations but made different choices throughout their lives. (Moore pg. 179)

Just because you set out with good intentions does not mean the ending result will be positive, and the same goes for bad intentions. The Other Wes Moore uncovers the lives of two boys, later men, who have to face the decision to uphold their intentions or move past them. The story helps to uncover that intentions

In the first chapter of the book, Moore starts off by writing about Wes 1’s (the author) family. He tells readers about one of the two memories that he had of his father was when his mother had gotten so upset over him punching his sister while they were playing, and his father sat him down to tell him why hitting a woman was wrong. The other was when his father had passed away. Then the book switches to Wes 2’s (The other Wes Moore) childhood, where it tells about how he had grown up with only his mother. His mother had gotten pregnant with Wes by her second husband, who was an alcoholic, so she was forced to raised her two children on her own.

The choices that both Wes Moores’ made had a huge effect on their lives. One of the other Wes’s bad choices was his choice early in

In a world that cares little for the wellbeing of each individual, it is impossible to survive out in the open. Wealth protect some from society’s demands while others seek refuge in family bonds. The main difference between the Author and the Other Wes Moore is the bubble that they matured in. For the Author, his mother’s love and hard work afforded him an expensive bubble of physical isolation and a regimented lifestyle. For the Other Wes, the sanctuary was of his own making; one of honor bound by ties of drug money and blood.The defining moments for each Wes Moore are when their bubbles are created and when they become a prison.

After reading The Other Wes Moore, I have realized that the two Wes Moores had similarities in their lifestyles especially in their neighborhoods. Although they were living in similar neighborhoods, their outcomes of how their life ended up being were different. One Wes ended up in jail serving a life sentence for killing a police officer in an armed robbery. The other Wes became a Rhodes Scholar, business mogul, army officer, and White House Fellow. I think the way they lived and the people that were in there lives manipulated how their lives would end.

“The Other Wes Moore,”is a novel written by Wes Moore, who found another man with the same name. However, they were definitely not the same person. The other man was raised in Baltimore, Maryland by a single-mother addicted to marijuana. In his adulthood, he was arrested and sentenced to life in prison without parole for robbing a jewelry store and being involved in the murder of a policeman. Throughout the story, the author visits and sends letters to the man in prison. He gathers information about the man’s life and how his decisions had ultimately led to his lifestyle for the rest of his days. The author compared both of their lives, and it is clear to see how their environments and associates had affected their earlier choices. For the

The second part of The other wes moore , chapter five starts out with author wes splitting his sister’s lip by accident, Wes knew his mother would not see it that way. Not knowing what to do he waited for his mother to start screaming at him, and was surprised when she slapped him across the face instead, and then again. Joy left the room and made the decision to send Wes to military school. When he found out about it he knew his life was going to change dramatically. The other Wes and three other men broke into a jewelry store and ordered everyone to get down. One of the people in the store was Sergeant Bruce Prothero, a veteran of the Baltimore City police department who worked as a security guard at the jewelry store to help support his

In the story “The Other Wes Moore” Wes found himself in many bad situations.His mother was not the ideal role model for a young teenage boy.She did many things that made impressions on the way her child turned out, such as partying and having illegal drugs inside of the home.Overall, Wes is the only person who is responsible for his actions and the consequences that come with them.