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The Other Wes Moore is an autobiography by Wes Moore: who stumbled upon another man with a name that was a carbon copy of his. Curious, Wes Moore decided to research this man’s past only to find out that they had grown in similar neighborhoods and with identical backgrounds (both lacking a father figure). Except, their fates were entirely different and in each story a turning point occurred that ushered greatness for one but desolation for the other.

“The chilling truth is that his story could’ve been mine. The tragedy is that my story could’ve been his,” (Wes Moore) is the main thought throughout the book, The Other Wes Moore. This book is about the difference of decision making. Constantly throughout The Other Wes Moore the two main characters, both named Wes Moore, are faced and challenged with hard decisions that could drastically turn their lives around. The author, Wes Moore, is a famous author with two books on the New York Times Bestsellers list, and is a decorated U.S. Army officer. While the other Wes Moore, is now in jail for life for killing a police officer during a failed bank robbery. Their decisions that they made throughout lives shaped the outcome of their lives today.

Wes Moore lived only miles away from a boy with the same name and incredibly similar upbringings. Although they both chose to do some very questionable things as kids, they both got second chances to make things right. While Wes Moore, the author was interviewing the other Wes Moore, he states “From everything you told me, both of us did some pretty wrong things when we were younger. And both of us had second chances. But if the situation or the context where you make the decisions don’t change, then second chances don’t mean too much, huh?” This just shows that anything can change things no matter how small the incident. The major moment that I believe to have changed Wes Moore’s life is that he didn’t have any positive adult role models in his life. Even though his mother often tried to help him stay out of the gang violence and the drugs, she was unable to get through to him. After flushing the drugs he had intended to sell she said, “Not only did you lie to me but you were selling drugs and keeping them in my house! Putting all of us in danger because of your stupidity. I don’t want to hear your sob story about how much money you owe. You will stop selling that stuff. I will be checking your room, and I don’t want to ever see it in here again.” So his mother continued to try but was unsuccessful and Wes’s brother, Tony, was no help either. “Tony, who was about to become a father – making Mary a

While the other Wes Moore took the correct decision that his parents told him too and had a successful life. Even though he didn’t know what he wanted to pursue he had help from admiral people “Have you heard of the Rhodes Scholarship ?”(Mayor Schmoke 161). While on the other hand the other Wes was not surrounded by role models for example his biological father would hit his wife “but his addiction just got worse, and the physical, mental, and emotional abuse he unleashed became more intense.”(pg 9). But overall Wes still had the decision to change but he didn’t he just kept on talking and hanging out with the wrong people even his brother sadly had to be the wrong role model. Later on Wes decided to talk to a couple of girls well sooner or later they became more than just friends and well he got her pregnant but then came the baby and he could not support them financially. So he decided to go back to the drug dealing business. This is where the author shows us that he decided to do the wrong mistake by selling drugs instead he could have done the responsible thing and find a job but he didn’t. While the other Wes Moore became a sergeant of a military school and helped others become a better person. But overall its just the decisions who made them where they are

The critically acclaimed novel The Other Wes Moore, allows a detailed look into the triumphs and downfalls of two young men with almost identical situations. Both boys were involved in illegal activities and both fell into trouble with law enforcement, Both boys were also given a second chance to turn away from the treacherous path they were on. The author, Wes Moore, recollects his childhood and compares it to the Wes Moore that lived less than five blocks away. "Both of us did some pretty wrong stuff when we were younger. And both of us had second chances, but if the situation or context where you make the decision doesn’t change, the second chance doesn’t mean much, huh?” Wes points out the importance of not continuing down the path that was surely leading to nothing but trouble and eventual despair. As both boys grew up in the respective neighborhoods they both were faced with the harsh truth that where they were growing up was likely to lead them down a road of bad decisions. That road eventually lead both of them to trouble with the law and with their schools. The author was steadily heading towards the life of a delinquent

life. “The Other Wes Moore One Name, Two Fates”, is a book about two males who share the

The book The Other Wes Moore is about two boys growing up in the same area just a block apart within a year of each other sharing the same name. One Wes Moore (the author) grows up to be a an American author, social entrepreneur, producer, political analyst, and decorated US Army officer while the other ends up in prison for life convicted of murder. One of the few major differences between them was discipline and grit: the power of passion and perseverance. What decided each one of the young man's fate? Many things contribute to one's life and how they become the people that they are.

Wes Moore had the support from many people such as family and friends who have helped him to be where and who he is today. On the other hand, The "other" Wes Moore was a little different. He had two parents named Mary and Bernard. While Wes was still a kid, his father walked out on him and his family because Mary had enough being abused by her loving husband Bernard. The Other Wes had one brother,

In the introduction of the work by Wes Moore I read about how he described his life as a soldier, what situations you could be put in and how it can change your life. During the introduction he talk about another book Wes Moore had wrote call the other Wes Moore. This book is about how two boys who shared the same name and life in the same situation turned out completely different. One ended up leaving to go to Oxford University in England and the other ended up in a six-by eight-foot jail cell. He states in his introduction that he doesn’t understand why they ended up being so different but so similar while they was young. He also states in his introduction that “this book is not a how to guide,” that life is a journey and that’s how our life’s

The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore is about two men named Wes Moore that so happened to grow up in the same troubling city, Baltimore. Wes Moore the author tells the story about both him and the other Wes Moore’s life. Wes Moore in his book wants to give young people a sense of guidance that they may or may not have had by writing about how young people are the minds behind their own path or destiny, and how young people shouldn’t let where their from define what you’ll become. Wes the author went on to become a Rhode scholar despite growing up in a rough neighborhood. Although the author Wes had done things in the past that could’ve possibly have him ending up in prison just like the other Wes, but he didn’t let the past

Upon reading the story, the scholarly Wes Moore decided to find out the other man with the same name’s story. This is where he learned their lives were very similar but their choice of paths ultimately decided their fate.

In chapter three section two of “The other Wes Moore”, the author is connecting with the ‘other’ Wes in prison. The ’Author’ Wes is faced with evidence that some children were forced to become adults prematurely. ‘Author’ Wes recognizes the tragedy of these men's situations “I sat back, allowing Wes's words to sink in. Then I responded, "I guess it's hard sometimes to distinguish between second chances and last chances.”(Moore, 67) It is easy to get caught up thinking how changing our past could have influenced our future. Personally, I can think of multiple situations that if would have gone differently would have profoundly changed my future. This is scary to think about and Wes faced the reality

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.

All over the world kids grow up with the same name, but rarely end up having the same fate. Wes Moore, the author of The Other Wes Moore, shares his story about two Wes Moores, who grew up in similar Baltimore neighborhoods, fatherless, with difficult childhoods, and with troubled lives. But both of their paths led to something very different, one towards success and the other towards failure. Role models and decisions both determined their lives, one ended up with a successful life and the other serving a life sentence for murder.

In the narrative nonfictional book ‘The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates’ written by Wes Moore, we run into the realities faced by two men with a similar upbringing but a different ending. One Wes Moore became a Rhodes Scholar and the other was sentenced to life in prison. The book begins by examining the similarities of their childhood, such as them growing up fatherless, with the author Wes Moore’s father dying when he was 3, and the other Wes Moore not knowing his father well. The two both hung out on street corners, ran into trouble with the police, and had hardworking mothers. Mary, the mother of the other Wes Moore, financially struggled, so she moved her family to the Murphy Homes Projects in west Baltimore, where her oldest son