Growing up in a town where someone shares the same name can be difficult, especially in the Wes Moore’s situation. One Wes Moore “is free and has experienced things that he never even knew to dream about as a kid. The other will spend every day until his death behind bars for an armed robbery that left a police officer and father of five dead” (Moore 1). Each decision both individuals made had either a positive or negative impact on their life, according to which Wes Moore was described. Both men left legacies behind, specifically Baltimore that everyone will remember. Although both Wes Moores grew up around the same time and place and shared the same name, their lives turned out drastically different due to their education, or lack of
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William Westley Moore, Wes Moore’s father, was the type of father that wanted to be involved in his children's’ lives to love and protect them. Wes Moore, the father, was “calm, reassuring, hardworking, and sober” (Moore 12). But one Friday evening, that all came to an end when Wes fell from the top of the stairs then left the hospital with the instructions to “get some sleep” (Moore 14). On the contrary, the other Wes Moore has never met his father that he could remember. Bernard, the other Wes’s father, “spent most of his time searching for himself at the bottom of liquor bottles” (Moore 23). Bernard chose not to associate with his son, except once when he was as drunk as can be (Moore 24). Even though both Wes Moores struggled with the absence of their father, but William Westley Moore passed away and couldn’t be with his son, while Bernard had the chance to be with his son and chose not …show more content…
While one of the men becomes a writer, the other is sitting behind prison bars for the rest of his life. The instances in a person’s life molds what their life might turn out like, like the lives of Wes Moore and the other Wes Moore. In conclusion, even though both Wes Moore and the other Wes Moore had things in common, their lives were very different. Their education or lack of education, the absence of a father, and the difference in their living conditions at home had a great influence on the outcome of both Wes Moore’s
William Westley Moore, Wes Moore’s father, was the type of father that wanted to be involved in his children's’ lives to love and protect them. Wes Moore, the father, was “calm, reassuring, hardworking, and sober” (Moore 12). But one Friday evening, that all came to an end when Wes fell from the top of the stairs then left the hospital with the instructions to “get some sleep” (Moore 14). On the contrary, the other Wes Moore has never met his father that he could remember. Bernard, the other Wes’s father, “spent most of his time searching for himself at the bottom of liquor bottles” (Moore 23). Bernard chose not to associate with his son, except once when he was as drunk as can be (Moore 24). Even though both Wes Moores struggled with the absence of their father, but William Westley Moore passed away and couldn’t be with his son, while Bernard had the chance to be with his son and chose not …show more content…
While one of the men becomes a writer, the other is sitting behind prison bars for the rest of his life. The instances in a person’s life molds what their life might turn out like, like the lives of Wes Moore and the other Wes Moore. In conclusion, even though both Wes Moore and the other Wes Moore had things in common, their lives were very different. Their education or lack of education, the absence of a father, and the difference in their living conditions at home had a great influence on the outcome of both Wes Moore’s