There were only a few key points that really changed their paths. Author of the book’s mother wanted to make sure that her children had grown up to the best they could possibly be. Though Wes did not have a father, his mother tried to fill that role. She did so by moving their family to upstate New York, and putting him in a military school because their old neighborhood had become violent and drug infested. Also Wes had been getting into trouble, and his mother knew that needed to change.
Why the other Wes Moore? The Other Wes Moore is a autobiographical book about two black young men. They have the same name and grow up in the similar environments.They also lost their father and had a difficult childhood. And they live in the similar street, contact with similar people and they also have unpleasant experience. When they grow to adult, the author Wes won the Rhodes Scholar and the other Wes serving life in prison because of robbery and kill police.
The author Wes Moore was born in 1978 and was just three years old when his father died in front of him. His mother, hoping for a better future for the whole family, made great sacrifices to send Wes and his sisters to private school. Wes being one of the few African Americans in an all-white school began to act out. He began to get bad grades and he even got suspended. His mother noticed these outrageous behaviors and knew she had to make a change immediately.
This was the first surgery of its kind. In 1994, Ben Carson set out on a mission to separate another pair of twins. The operation was unsuccessful and the twins died. Carson was greatly affected and promised to keep moving forward. Three years later, Ben went to Zambia in Africa to separate boys Luka and Joseph Banda.
Tu Vu November 16, 2012 Core: A The Other Wes Moore Summary One name: Two Fates. Two kids with the same name, living in the same decaying city. One grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated combat veteran, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is serving a life sentence in prison for felony murder. Here is the story of two boys and the journey of a generation.
The Other Wes Moore is about two totally different boys who share the same name. They are one year apart from each other and were born blocks apart from each other in the same troubled city. One grew up be a successful man who was a Rhodes scholar, served in the army, and was a business leader. The other is serving a life sentence in prison for attempted murder. This story revolves around two main characters, which are both named Wes Moore.
He’s had many accomplishments. He served as a special assistant to Secretary of State Mrs. Condoleezza Rice. In 2000 Mr. Wes Moore learned about another Wes Moore that grew up in the same neighborhood as him but just a few years older. The Other WES MOORE had been tried and convicted of the Murder of an off duty police officer. He was fascinated by this and decided to write him a letter in prison.
The other one ended up a drug dealer and is now serving a life sentence for murder. This book highlights similar moments in both of these men lives where they had to make a choice, and the choices they made reflected on their future. How does two men with very similar lives end up with two complete opposite futures? The Other Wes Moore starts off with stories telling how the absence of both of their fathers came about. The first Wes Moore’s father died, and the other Wes Moore’s father wasn’t there by choice.
Ciara Fennelly QU 101 Professor Balkaran 8/19/13 The moving novel, The Other Wes Moore tells the story of two individuals; both named Wes Moore, who both grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. Both boys had parallel circumstances including growing up fatherless, hanging out on the streets and making mistakes that ran them into trouble with the law. One Wes Moore ended up as an extremely respectable man with many accomplishments, including becoming a Rhodes Scholar, an accomplished Veteran, White House Fellow and a businessman. On the contrary, the other Wes Moore was not very fortunate and ended up in prison serving a life sentence. These boys shared the same name but many factors such as learning from disrespect and gaining the respect from their families, peers, neighbors, and community shaped two extremely different lifestyles.
Jonestown brought attention to the affect of cults and the tragedy that occurred continues to impact American society. Jim Jones was born on May 13, 1931 in Crete, Indiana to James and Lynetta Jones. His father was a World War I veteran with health problems, therefore Lynetta had to support the family. Jones would attend the Nazarene church with neighbors and started to become obsessed with religion and death. Childhood acquaintances remember him as a “really weird kid” who would have mock services, most of them funerals, for small animals that he would “find” dead.