Compare And Contrast Brett And Cohn

In the memoir, Discovering Wes Moore, the way the original Wes Moore and the second Wes Moore conducts their lives and the circumstances in which they were raised in directly corresponds to the ways in which they are different. First of all, one major difference is that the original Wes Moore lost his father when he was young, while the other Wes Moore's father left him and his family. These two distinctive events in both of their lives affected them in very different ways. The second Wes has to deal with the fact that his father chose to leave him, while the original Wes has to deal with his father’s death. Also, the original Wes went to Valley Forge in junior high school to get more serious about his

Gaining a new perspective provides more insight of yourself and others. Both Wes Moores lived “like kings” in West Baltimore when compared to the shantytowns of South Africa. (Moore, 166) The similarities and differences revealed in The Other Wes Moore demonstrate how participating in a chain of command and engaging in illegal acts may produce divergent outcomes in life.

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.

This passage provides an overall repeated message, implying that one must be able to know which battles to fight. Within both Wes’ stories, they had gone through similar standards of conflict but had dealt with them distinctly. For starters, the author, Wes Moore, had with Shea been fighting “spiritually” against the law. With the exposure of graffiti, Wes had the possibly of continuing to fight with the policeman and got into more trouble, but luckily had decided against it. Among the act of signaling for trouble, Wes had made an accurate conjuncture to know that he shouldn’t fight this battle with the authority.

The Other Wes Moore is a book about two people with the same name but different lives. Both Wes’s had a few similar experiences and a few different experiences as they were growing up. The author Wes Moore shows both the point of view of him and the other Wes Moore’s experiences through life. Similarities and differences pertaining to becoming a man and the education of both Moores described in The Other Wes Moore. Education was an important role in the life of both the Wes’s because each of them choose what they wanted to do in life.

"The Other Wes Moore: One Story, Two Fates," by Wes Moore himself is a story about two men who grew up with no knowledge that the other Wes Moore even existed. They each lived their lives to the best of their abilities while the tragic events in each pushed them in drastically different directions. Both Wes Moore, the author, and the other Wes Moore are similar and different in several ways. Wes Moore, the author, and the other Wes Moore have quite a lot in common. To begin with, these boys obviously share the same name.

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.

“Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.” This quote by Carol Burnett very well shows how a decision you make can really change a life. In The Other Wes Moore, the author Wes Moore and the ‘other’ Wes Moore live in the same place, have the same name, and never knew each other growing up. They grew up to go in very different direction. ONe is living his dream life, and one is living in a cell. Similarities and differences pertaining to education and

“Do you think that we're products of our environments? I think so, or maybe products of our expectations.”(Wes Moore) This quote, said by author, Wes Moore is an essential aspect shared between both novels. The Other Wes Moore, is the story of two boys that grow up in the same community, share the same name, and grow up to be very different people. One of the Wes’s becomes a successful author, and the other Wes is sentenced to life in prison. Author, Nathaniel Hawthorne, is responsible for producing the tale of The Scarlet Letter. This book, tells the story of two people committing adultery, during the seventeenth-century in Boston. Similarities between environmental influences and literary devices, such as imagery and direct characterization are revealed after comparing both books.

The book "The Wes Moore", tells "the story of two boys living in Baltimore" who shares a similar life history within the "same black community", in addition to having identical names (Moore & Smiley, 2010). Written by Wes Moore and Tavis Smiley, it recounts the real life stories of the two "Wes Moores", the different journeys and destinies of their life. One Wes Moore ends up as a "phi beta kappa graduate of the John Hopkins University", a "white house fellow", an "army officer" and as the co-author of the book (Sragow, 2010). The "other Wes Moore" ends up as a thief, drug dealer and "a convicted killer"; a sharp difference in comparison to the life of the "lucky" Wes Moore (Moore & Smiley, 2010). As can be seen in the book, it is not luck

Looking back at it all with the metamorphosis in place no doubt this story speaks to me on our own individual level of experiences from life as well. Two men born in the city of Baltimore with the same name comes down to examining our own decisions in life one could think. However I’m adamant of this particular journey of the two Wes Moore’s. The author Moore makes me differentiate between and use my own comparison with some similarities. However there are less similarity and less comparison as I take time to reflect for me. Interesting as it may be, Moore the author and Rhodes Scholar how inevitable with great success. Then Wes the other one is schedule to spend the rest of his life in prison.

G. Stanley Hall once said “Man is largely a creature of habit, and his activities are more or less automatic reflexes from the stimuli of his environment.”. This quote from the late psychologist speaks volumes to the question: “Are we all products of our environment?” and to both of the Wes Moores. Both started their lives in Baltimore which was a very difficult place to grow up in at the time. Both didn’t have a father in their life. Although they started on equal grounds why did one get sentenced to life in prison and the other become a Rhodes Scholar and become one of the youngest officers in the entire U.S. Army? I believe that we are all products of our environment because of who we look up to, how we are houses are run, and the environment we live in.

Many know of the tune “It’s a Small World” played at the Disney Parks. It’s lyrics repeat, “It’s a small world after all,” over and over until you have it cemented in your brain for eternity (but that’s beside the point). These lyrics connect with the book, The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore, because of how closely connected two men living in Baltimore were. Both men named Wes Moore with a father out of the picture made it an oddly “small world.” But although they had very similar upbringings, their lives took extremely different paths. Three key differences that make them different are: why their fathers weren’t apart of their lives, what they grew up around, and how their mother’s dealt with troubled kids.

Many people have made it to fame and success and many have tried but failed. Look at the athletes, some make it to the pros but most do not. Those that do make it have skill, those that do not make it also have extraordinary skills. So the question that stands is what possibly can affect the out come of success or failure? This same question is evident in "THe Other Wes Moore." The author Wes Moore finds success and goes on to live a great life. While the author Wes Moore finds success the other Wes Moore finds himself in a sticky situation that holds him fast like a spider web to a fly. Both Wes's were given similar opportunities and support to succeed and live a great life. In the end it all came down to who took the opportunities and who

He demonstrates his propensity for extreme cruelty. Although he is a part of the generation, ironically he is different from the rest of them. He realizes the uselessness of the Lost Generation's way of life. He tells his friend Robert Cohn, "You can't get away from yourself my moving from one place to another." (19) Jake doesn't think highly of Cohn, but he puts up with him anyway. Interestingly, Cohn is also attracted to Brett and this fuels Jake's already heightened feelings of inadequacy; thus Jake takes a condescending attitude toward Cohn. Jake describes Cohn as weak and inexperienced, timid and easily intimidated by a strong woman (Frances). This condescending attitude toward Cohn is nothing but the reflection of Hake's very own insecurities about his manhood.