Montana 1948 Quotes

Trevor Jones Trevor will be charged with manslaughter of the accidental killing of his friend with an illegal gun . Trevor will be sentenced for 90 days of jail time rehabilitating him to rethink his bad choices . Sentenced with custody and supervision for three years to also help his drug and alcohol problems . After his jail time he will have two years of meeting with his probation officer twice a week making sure Trevor is staying clean and making good decisions.

One quote Wes Moore uses to portray this about Wes is that “It was years before Wes’s mom found out her son had been arrested that day. By the time

Wes Moore “ The Chilling truth is that his story could have been mine; The tragedy is that my story could have been his’’. Wes Moore wrote “The other Wes Moore” in 2010. Wes Moore a local student that was getting into trouble and the other Wes moore was convicted of the murder of of a police officer and stands trial , Both of them had similar lifestyles but didn’t end up the same way. The things that influenced the other Wes Moore was his brother Tony and the lifestyle he wanted to live. Mary “Wes Moore’s Mother” was trying to get an education and former president Ronald Reagan reduced funds for

In chapter 6, Wes and his comrade, Dalio, were walking out of their campus to a pizza shop when a red Toyota chased them down. At first the person seemed pretty harmless but as the night went on the person got more aggressive which eventually led to Wes Moore being a victim of a hate crime. Wes Moore illustrates his anger and frustration with the situation. He felt embarrassed to be assaulted like that in front of his comrade without being able to do anything. He contemplates whether or not he should fight the person like he would do in Brooklyn, or take the safe route and flight.

After hearing that wearing the headset and reporting police would earn him money, Wes accepted the first offer he received from the boys without considering the numerous potential consequences. Furthermore, Wes proved later in his life that a quick pay day was worth risking jail time when he did not listen to his instincts about a undercover police officer trying to purchase drugs. These decisions led to the “fateful day” (xiv) where police officer Prothero was killed, consequently sealing Wes’s fate. In essence, Wes’s inability to think long term led to his

Wes’s mother’s efforts are undying as she is continuously searching for ways to shield Wes from the “metastasizing drug trade”(Moore 56): helping him to find “neutral ground”(Moore 44), finding him a school she views as a “haven” where Wes will be able to “open [his] horizons”(Moore 48), and sending Wes to military school when he “[allows] [his] standards at school to become pathetic”(Moore 54). All of her acts of love, and her devotion to education help Wes to become a highly respected war veteran, and a flourishing businessman; unfortunately, not the same goes for the other Wes Moore, who is now serving life in jail. Wes’s parental supervision immediately skews from the other Wes’s, as his mother—Mary— leaves him home alone at the age of eight, the first time an officer “closed the second cuff”(Moore 35) around his wrist. Without his mother to keep him away from the corruption of the streets, Wes begins to involve himself in local gangs as society and the community around him sweep him up, to the point where there is no return. Similarly, Michael a character in “The Wire” lacks a mother who cares, and despite his initial efforts to stay innocent, he ends up falling to the enticing display of the unity of gangs.

Following the death, his mother decides to move them into their grandparent’s house in New York, hoping this will make things a little less challenging. However, the neighborhood was not how she remembered. Wes was now witnessing more drug activities and dealing with being enrolled into a new school with a divergent environment. Dissatisfied with his life, he began to care less. His attitude caused his grades to drop and eventually he was placed on academic probation.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink, right?” ” Wes’ academics didn’t improve and he had started to spend most of his school mornings on the street corner making drug deals. He missed school regularly and stopped going completely when his first child was born. Wes’ life only went downhill after quitting school, and within a couple of years he was in prison for participating in an armed

“In a moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” Those are some wise words said by the President during WWII…. Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. This quote can relate to a plethora of issues, when one may have to make an impossible choice and one does not know what to do.

She explains how happy, but conflicted because her parents refuse money from her and live as homeless people. She writes the memoir to work through her feelings and share’s her story. Some topics that I could identify in the text are: poverty, teenage pregnancy and child rights. The issue of poverty is portrayed from the beginning of the book to the end.

The other Wes was sentenced to lifetime, and the other Wes’ brother sentenced to death. Nevertheless, Wes was still thinking about this story, and he was surprised from the similarity the names, street, and age. He became to imagine the other Wes’ face like his face. Furthermore, Wes uses outside sources to explain his feeling about the other Wes. Also, Wes wrote a

In this quote, the author, Wes Moore is sitting in the back of a police car after his first arrest. Moore was arrested while “tagging” his signature “Kid Kupid” graffiti art. Once Wes was handcuffed, he immediately regrets his actions. Wes take responsibility for his action and has no intention of ever having his freedom or fate be determined by someone other than himself. When I read this quote, I felt it was a huge turning point in Moore’s life and a big factor for future

Genuinely, what is loyalty? One can’t even begin to interpret such a word. It’s one single seven letter word yet, it has a broad profound definition. As a matter of fact, typically one does not use loyalty until they are put to the test. Without a doubt, the test can be anything.

In “To Build A Fire” the author Jack London uses the contrast of humanity and nature to illustrate how fallible we are. We repeatedly see instances where mistakes return to haunt the man. Jack London as a prospector undoubtedly saw many deaths like these. Prospectors who thought the rules were for the“womanish”, who were later found dead, or never found at all.

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