Essay on 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 got charged with first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. Wes Moore, them, faces poverty and has a dream and goal of receiving a proper education. Wes Moore grew up in very poor conditions, where he and his small…...

The support system of the mother’s in the Other Wes Moore’s book played an important role in the book. Although, both Wes’s grew up in the same neighborhood and both had single parents, the author had a very supportive mother. The author’s mother sent him to Military School and even advising him in little ways that the author did not realize later on in the book. On the other hand, the other Wes Moore did not have a supportive mother.…...

Can two men with similar traits and backgrounds grow up to be completely different? The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates written by Wes Moore takes place in Baltimore and the Bronx. The characters are: Wes Moore(author), Joy Moore, Wes Moore(prisoner), Nikki, Shani, Tony, Mary,and Westley Moore. The book shows how the two Wes Moore\'s were brought up and how their different choices changed their future for the better and the worse throughout their lives. One is successful while…...

Every event or accident a person does happens by some type of motivation, whether good or bad. Regardless of the intention, there are two types of motivation Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation. Intrinsic is being motivated by self-satisfaction, and an external reward drives extrinsic. In the memoir The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore, there are a series of events or incidents in the second half of the book that displays that variety of motivation that exists. Having read the book,…...