Character Analysis: The Other Wes Moore

The author reveals that he hung out with the wrong people which afforded him to be arrested by the police due to vandalism. Because of this incident, the author Wes was sent to Valley Forge, a military school in Philadelphia. The author claims that the author Wes had a difficult time at first and had tried to escape the school several times; but when he discovered that his mother and his grandparents sacrificed a lot just to send him there, he decided to stay and eventually became a platoon leader. However, Moore states that the other Wes got involved with the use and distribution of drugs, like his brother Tony. The author mentions that the other Wes got his girlfriend pregnant and adds that the news of early fatherhood made him frustrated. Moore states that the other Wes stopped attending school and expanded his drug selling business. The author states that the other Wes was arrested for selling drugs to a police

The only thing that the other Wes Moore saw was a jail cell. He will be on in inside looking out onto what would be a loved one. Wes had no future but the jail cell. When you are all alone in life it is easy to loose hope. When he first started off in life Wes never tried to do anything to better himself. Selling drugs and stilling were the only things that he knew

The Other Wes Moore is a book about two young African-American lives that share the same name, Wes Moore. Both Wes Moores grew up with similarities, they both grew up in the same hometown. One of the Wes Moore is free and the other one is spending his life in jail. They both grew up without fathers. The author's father died in front of him when he was just three years old and the other Wes Moore barley knew his dad. The Author's father wasn’t there because he couldn’t be, and the other Wes Moore, father wasn’t there because he chose not to be. Both mothers were working hard towards setting their families and to support and care for their sons.

In the book, The Other Wes Moore it is difficult to believe the great similarities in the lives of the two Moores, who share a name and other aspects of life. The two were raised fatherless and were born in the late 1970’s in the neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. They also happen to have encountered similar experiences when growing up, but at one point one of them became a criminal and the other a scholar (the author of the book). The author of the book seems to be interested in the similarities of the two boys as opposed to their different experiences. The story is interesting and makes one imagine what would have become of the writer if he did not by any chance come across the people who guided him to become what

In The Other Wes Moore, the author Wes Moore used direct and indirect characterization to get his point across that every action has a consequence. Whether it is going to military school, selling drugs, or skipping class, every action has a consequence.The “other” Wes Moore got involved in the drug game at a young age. He started out in the business by telling his boss (the drug dealers) if there were policemen nearby the street corners where they would sell. Wes couldn't think of a reason why not to get involved, “Wes was sold. It seemed like a sweet setup, simply wear a headset, hang out with new friends, notify people when you see police coming, and get paid at the end of the day.” ( Moore 58) (direct characterization.) besides the possibility of him getting incarcerated as a teenager. Within a few years, Wes moved up in ranking within the drug trade business, and was actually dealing. One day he accidentally sold to an undercover police officer, and got arrested for it. If Wes had never started in the drug business, he would not have gotten incarcerated at such a young age. Not all consequences are something bad, though, after the author of the book, Wes Moore, was caught skipping school frequently, his mother sent him away to military school.It wasn’t that big of a surprise to him, but he was not happy when she

Starting out in a new school Wes felt like he didn't belong. He had trouble fitting in. Moreover he wasn't paying attention in class and his grades suffered due to that. Occasionally Wes will ditch school altogether. Hanging out with friends from his neighborhood. After one of his basketball games, Wes ran into Shea. Prior to speaking with Shea, Shea asked Wes if he wanted to tag on public property; though hesitant at first, Wes agreed knowing Shea had ties with drug game. While tagging his street name “KK, (Kid Kupid)” Wes heard sirens wailing in the distance. Trying to flee, they were both caught and put in handcuffs. Sitting nervously in the back of the police car, Wes and Shea were lectured by the officer. Afterward, they were let go with a warning. At this point, Wes was given a chance to change the way he was going to live out his

Key events such as moving into a new neighborhood where violence is present, becoming a tagger and getting caught by the police or going to the military school. The audience also gets to read about the life of the other Wes Moore where he too struggles during his childhood due to a violent neighborhood, usage of drugs and running a gang. Both Wes Moores have completely different fates. Throughout the book The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates, the author Wes Moore and the other Wes Moore’s resiliency is challenged through various

The reasoning as to why I believe the other Wes Moore could have went down a path to success is if the other Wes Moore had the same family support as the author Wes Moore and if his brother who had a big influence on Wes, was not involved in the drug game. While both Wes Moore’s are both fatherless, the author Wes Moore was a lot luckier than the other Wes Moore, because he had his grandparents to help raise him. With the support of his grandparents, Wes had someone to look after him and also help steer him in the right direction if needed. His grandparents gave Wes and his sisters a set of rules and chores to do every single day. Compared to the other Wes Moore, he did not have any sort of discipline or rules to go by in his house due to the fact his mother and brother were never really at home. Furthermore, with the other Wes Moore, he only had his mother and his brother Tony, who both were not a good influence on him at all. The other Wes Moore looked up to his brother and wanted to be exactly like Tony. For example, when Wes got into a small

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

“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"(Page 67). In "The Other Wes Moore" the environment of both Wes Moore's were completely different from each other. They both made some stupid decisions over time but who is perfect? It is expected of everyone to make some mistakes, in my opinion the main influence on their choices came from their environment. In their environment they had peers that would influence them to do things that they did not necessarily want to do. This caused them to get into trouble, but at the same token, their environment also gave them some opportunities to make it through some rough times. For Example: Wes #2

A person’s success or failure can be determined by their environment, education, choices; a number of different things. The autobiography The Other Wes Moore takes a look at two boys with the same name and eerily similar circumstances who end up in very different places in life. Wes Moore spoke at convocation about his book and what he hoped that people would get from it. In the book he says “The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his.” (Moore xi). These two men didn’t share the same fate because they each made a choice about what they wanted their life to become. The book truly demonstrates how the choices you make, make you. One Wes

Even at a very young age the other Wes Moore had plenty of problems that could’ve been dealt with properly, but the other Wes Moore’s decision making made it worse on him, especially in chapters six and seven. In chapter six, Wes was making cake, a lot of money, and it was the end of his “work day,” when a suspicious “cat” walked up to him asking him where he could get crack cocaine. Wes knew immediately that this was no ordinary crack head, he was a cop. However, Wes started to think about the money he could make off this deal, and he couldn’t resist the money. So, Wes walked back over to the man, and told him where he could get some crack, they made the exchange and Wes knew instantly that he was in trouble. Wes’s decision to sell this man the crack got him arrested for months. He lost his family, his money, and had nothing. In chapter seven, Wes finally made a good decision, and he turned his life around, Wes got a steady job, got out of the drug dealing game, and was clean. Sadly, at the end of the chapter Wes cracked, he started to walk down familiar streets known for the drug game, he decided that the steady job wasn’t enough for him, and that he needed to get back in the game. Wes’s constant decisions to get back into the drug game, put him down a path with no forgiveness and no remorse. He might not have known it, but that first decision to get into the drug game, his life was

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 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

During the two Wes Moore’s teenage years, they had run ins with people that turned violent. Part of how they reacted to these situations are attributed to what their peers are doing and where they live but how they overcome, or fail to overcome these obstacles helped put each of them where they are today. When Wes had a run in with Ray for sleeping with Ray’s cousin, Ray put a pretty big beating on him, but it was how Wes chose to react that put a nail in his coffin.