Wes Moore Analysis

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.

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.

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

“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.

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.

According to Marian Erickson, “Most of life is choices, and the rest is pure dumb luck.” Real people’s lives depend on this quote everyday, which leads to the outcome of each problem individuals face. In the passages, characterization of the main personas helps one understand the theme. Conflict and symbolism also help lead to the overall idea that life is not always guaranteed to be full of success. The book The Other Wes Moore, the poem “If,” and the informational text “The Art of Resilience” all share a common theme of how choices and luck contribute to the success of life.

When I was first told that I had to read The Other Wes Moore, I told myself "Great, another boring book to read" as I am not a reader. However, I was wrong; this story about two boys around the same age, same name, raised by single mothers and around the same neighborhood, but as they grew to be adults due to the choices they made, they had different outcomes in life. I was able to actually relate to some parts of the book and knew how they felt at the moment and for me, that is what a great book is about.

because he feels as if the Government need to invest in our Society. For example, in the Introduction it states, “ Rather, this book will use our two lives as a way of thinking about

Wes Moore could be in jail if it wasn’t for some of the sacrifices that other people made for him and Wes Moore could be out of jail if he would have made some of these decisions. This essay will determine what the Wes Moore’s had in common and how they were different and how they had such different paths this is mainly because of the similarities and differences between their education and family relationship.

Making a mockery of another person can set their lives into a downward spiral. Demeaning somebody can impact their life decisions for the rest of their lives. Both, Hester Prynne and the “other” Wes Moore, were victims of public ridicule and unreasonable expectations, pushing them towards the wrong path. Hawthorne and Moore capture these similarities of characters by using similar literary devices in their writing. Both authors, Moore and Hawthorne, demonstrate how public ridicule and expectations can push you toward the wrong path using the literary devices of tone and diction.

The Paradox of Life A story of two beings with destinies determined by simple choices, those that seemed insignificant at the time, The Other Wes Moore has been written to portray how foolish ideals can be evermore changing, enough for one to have a life-sentence. The author Wes Moore establishes a distinct contradiction, one in which the Other Wes Moore’s willingness to bring about a change is conceded by his family’s simple inclination to thrive in a world like his own. Using displays of particularly pathos and semantics, Wes communicates this paradox to the reader with an ease that forms binding connections rippling in the wake of this realization. Throughout the book, the Other Wes Moore constantly struggles to make decisions that, in the end, will leave him and his counterparts satisfied with the outcomes.

The Baltimore Sun newspaper supplied an article about Wes Moore, a local who had just earned a Rhodes Scholarship. The same paper also ran a series of stories about four men who had robbed a jewelry store and allegedly been involved in the killing of a police officer. The police were still on the hunt for two of the suspects, who were also brothers. One of the two was named Wes Moore. After the newspaper ran the stories about the robbery, the manhunt, and the trial, Wes, the scholar, wrote a letter to the other Wes, a now convicted murderer who was serving a life sentence at Jessup Correctional Institution. His letter contained a jarring question: How did their lives end up so different? That first letter led to an ongoing correspondence in which the two discovered that a teens’ success is decided by his environment, education, and the expectations held to him.

In this quote, Wes Moore, the author, talks about how his high school teachers, Lieutenant Colonel Murnane, has uplifted him to devote his life to public service. The commandant of cadets, Colonel Billy Murphy, instructs Wes to make his time on earth “matter.” In the past, Wes observed the knowledge of life’s “transience” causing kids in the Bronx to behave with recklessness and indifference. This same knowledge now makes Wes see life as “precious.” Wes decides to go to the Valley Forge junior college, earn his associate’s degree, and be a second lieutenant in the Army. Wes has been chosen as the regimental commander for the 70th Corps of Cadets, the highest position in a group of 700. Wes is now responsible for the protection, well-being,

The Other Wes Moore The Other Wes Moore is a book about two children with similar lifestyles when they were growing up and the same names, but ending up in different places in their lives. The story is about the other Wes Moore, who was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment and Wes Moore, the author, who faces poverty and has an ambition of receiving proper education (Moore, 2012).

“What do you think is the worst game to play in Physical Education?” asked Mr. Moore. I responded with, “Well, there are many. The one I would say that I wish I would never have to play ever again is wiffle ball.” Mr Moore scoffed in disgust because that is his favorite game. He likes to torture us by making us play it. I honestly do not know how he has us play it all the time because all we do is complain. Mr. Moore wanted me to give him the reasons why I hate wiffle ball so I started listing them in my head and this is what I came up with.