The Other Moore Summary

During the book The Other Wes Moore the author proves that good parenting will ultimately decide a child's future, This can lead to two vastly different life styles for both the author and the other Wes Moore. The book is written by Wes Moore and tells a story about two boys nearly the same age, live relatively close to each other, and have the same name. As a result of Parenting the main character Wes had gotten himself into a lot of trouble at school. This would eventually lead to his Mother making the rational decision of sending him to Valley Forge Military Academy.

“The other Wes Moore” book report The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore is a book that uncovers two different stories of two people with the same name. However, the book does not simply tell you two different stories, but it also gives implications to the application of different criminology theories to understand reasons why people do commit crimes and why they do not. The story of two men named Wes Moore can be viewed from different perspective. For instance, it is possible to view their story from a biological type of way, according to which individual choices are the result of inherited behavior of individuals. On the other hand, it is possible to view their story from an environmental type of view.

The novel starts off talking about how Charles’ father grew up to become an attorney. Even though his father was not necessarily bright as a child, he had an interest in politics and when he got older he was send to an academy near Sauk Center (Hixson,

Two different life’s named Wes Moore. The author Wes Moore who written the book to world how small changes can make a big difference in a person. He does this by intercourse his drool, and by telling the story of guy named Wes Moore. The similar quote of this book is the scary truth is that Moore’s story could have been myself. Through this quote many people would believe the story was written pretty well.

He tried to make his future seem brighter by going back to school, but it was not working out. He was unable to leave his crime-filled life behind. The text states,” Wes is out here hustling!... Tony yelled back.’ No he isn’t, he is making the money DJing,’ Mary said.

That where they live, it's hard to become successful. Meanwhile, The Other Wes is in jail wasting his life away because he didn't have any resources to help him follow the right path. You do the crime, you do the time. When you’re young, you don’t think before you do it. The Wes Moore shows us that where they grew up was hard.

The novel follows Stevie an eleven year old girl who lives in Southside Chicago throughout her middle and high school years. Stevie goes through the social pressure of her peers and family to tell her how to act, think, and look. Slowly throughout

and is about an African American boy named Walter, and his life in the city of Harlem, N.Y. The book shows his toil of being intelligent, but no kids amidst him can associate with his fondness for leaning. Walter also is a firebrand and Bad Boy shows what kind of nuisance he gets into with society amidst him. While he is tussling with all of this he is beginning to realize the racial discrimination in society amidst him, which has an immense force on Walter. In the book

Have you ever been so interested in your book, you cannot put the book down. This book is a family novel. Mostly about a family who goes on a road trip to see their grandma. The kids learn a lot about segregation. The kids go through rough times.

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In The Other Wes Moore I have the educated Wes Moore that kind 've have some family related issues just like Arthur Agee. Wes grew up living knowing his father passes away right in front of him from a heart attack. A thing that will be with him for ever. Wes grew up with his two sisters and his mother in baltimore but after the accident took place they decided to move in with his grandparents down in new york. As he lived in New york he grew up not liking school he was also transferred to a private school to at least give him a chance to graduate and not drop out.

In the introduction “The Other Wes Moore”, Wes (2010) explains about two boys with the same name live in the same street and grows up in the same time. However, they have different luck in the life that is one of them is successful in life and is educated, and the other one is unsuccessful in his life and criminal. In addition, the successful boy gets on Rhodes scholar, and he gets the most prestigious academic awards in the world. After he finished the full scholarship, he read an article in the newspaper about armed men was shot and killed the police officer, and he saw two brothers did this crime. One of them has the same his name, Wes Moore.

He learns that the town is overrun with people who are heavily racist and biased against African Americans, and his perspectives and views

The film starts out with an African American man walking in the suburbs. He sees a car and is frightened. A person in a hood strangles him from behind and kidnaps him. This illustrates the fear African Americans have in a white society. The movie then fasts forwards to New York City and turns the focus on Chris who is a successful young photographer.

Jordi Fernandez, Transparent Minds, Chapter 4: Moore’s Paradox Moore’s paradox is a puzzle that concerns the following sentences: (1): NB — It is raining and I do not believe it is raining (omissive) ( 2): BN — It is raining and I believe it is not raining (commissive) To have the intuition that either is true is irrational.