The Other Wes Moore Essay

“The Other Wes Moore” by Wes Moore was about two boys with the same names, similar backgrounds, who had in similar situations, and grew up in the similar neighborhoods. Wes Moore the author and the other Wes Moore grew up with difficult life situations, but whose lives took two different paths. One becomes successful and goes down the right path and the other Wes Moore is a failure because the actions he decided to do. One of the reasons why Wes Moore is successful was because his mother Joy. Joy was a mother of two girls and one boy. Joy’s husband died from an acute epiglottis and Wes Moore was three years old so he really didn’t have an impact on his life. Wes’s father was an area newscaster in Baltimore. When this tragedy happened Joy couldn’t handle so she moved in with her parents back in the Bronx. She was a very hard working mother and always wanted to ensure her family had better opportunities. She led a very great example to Wes that when something is wrong you never give up you just find solutions to better yourself and never go down the wrong path. In comparison, …show more content…
He graduated from military school and he was accepted to John Hopkins and he always was received a grant to go with students to attended cap town in South …show more content…
When Wes was released from jail he went back to school only to find himself way behind due to incarceration. When his first kid arrived he dropped out of school. He tried to get a job but couldn’t get a job because of his record. Later on he just went back to doing what he did best selling drugs. When selling to an undercover cop he soon got put into jail and when released again he joined this program called job corps. When he was going to school and getting money he realized that it was little bit of pay so he stopped and began selling drugs