Drugs In The Other Wes Moore

Drugs are addicting and take control of lives but so does dealing drugs. The narrative The Other Wes Moore revolves around cities like the Bronx where the streets are filled with poverty and drugs. The focus is on two people both named Wes Moore who grew up in the same streets but have very different lives. Author Wes grew up to be extremely successful and the other Wes Moore ended up in prison. Avoiding the consuming and destructive lifestyle can be difficult to avoid especially when growing up at a young age in the Bronx. “Wes was tired. Tired of being locked up, tired of watching drugs destroy entire families, entire communities, an entire city… He understood that his thoughts contradicted his actions; he had long since accepted that” (Moore 138). This section …show more content…
Wes was in disbelief that this pandemonium was already affecting his young family. Wes was in search of an escape which to the point that Moore is making can be difficult to find. This section of the novel proves that with drugs and the drug game comes destruction. The text also uses many literary devices and has word choice that proves the main argument of the novel. The drug game is consuming and never ending, Wes realizes that “some of the players had changed, but the positions were the same” (Moore 144). The word choice used in this quote shows how the game will always continue no matter who is involved. In the main section of the text the author uses the word “tired” as a metaphor. Wes grew tired of the games and all the destruction that comes with it but he knows it will be difficult to escape. Moore is proving through this metaphor how quickly drugs can take over lives and cause so much damage. Imagery is also often used to give a more depict idea of the situations taking place in this scene. Wes comes home to see Cheryl passed out on the couch with “heroin still flowing through her veins” (Moore