Multiples Similarities In Wes Moore's Short Stories

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The story that this author presents how two boys with same names, same ages, multiples similarities that can have the same opportunity in life move in different paths. The story is been develop in Baltimore and describes on different perspective, the life of those two young which one is an excellent professional and the other is now serving time for life.
The writer was a prominent college student who receives multiples award, ready to move to England to attend Oxford Hopkins University on a full scholarship, he found a serious of article about an planned armed robbery that ends with a kill of an off duty police officer name Bruce Prothero, the perpetrator were two brothers and one of them has the same name as the writer.
Wes Moore the writer was compares his life with the other Wes Moore and questioning himself trying to figurate, if the story will be opposites, where the writer will be incarcerated and the
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As expected with no education or skill and a criminal record it was almost impossible for him to find a job to support his family, Alicia stays with her mother house with the baby while he was living with his aunt.
Wes start using his aunt house for him to rest and hide his drugs and was doing his drugs transaction in the street, without his aunt knowing, he create his own drug operation and he was the leader he was controlling the crack cook and distribution in Baltimore. As it was to be expected Wes make an illegal drug sale to an undercover cop another charges added to his criminal record.
Wes the author on the other was pursuing his education, enrolls in the athletic military academy league, searching for college, he has his First contact with The NY Times for high school sport career article. He begin to like reading, his mother was helping him bringing some books for him to

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