The Other Wes Moore Critical Analysis

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Introduction
In the book “The Other Wes Moore” uses a more successful internal factor because in this story both Wes Moore’s have a perspective mindset for how they think and the surrounding and how they act affect the way they grew up. Both Wes Moore’s were younger when they were in there teen years they both acted in a bad way that will affect the future but one mindset change their mindset but one stayed the same.
Even Though both Wes grew up in the same environment the type of Mindset or perspective they had changed they way they turned out, after the author’s Wes, dad died and they moved in with his grandparents his mindset was that he was the man of the family and he was going to have to protect them.“Wes was very protective of his
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Wes started to feel this way because he was starting to care about what people were saying about him so he wanted to change they way he was.The surroundings and people affected both wes because they lived where they think they had to fit in by what goes on around them by what type of friends and what goes on makes them change The way both wes’s lives turned out different ways by how each surroundings and friends changed with the author wes even though he got arrested once it did not stop him but eventually he tried to make a difference to change his life instead of not trying to make a future for himself.

In Conclusion, The Other Wes Moore shows an Intrinsic factor by how perspective and wanting to fit in or caring what other people say made how successful their lives will turn out when they get older, How people may grow

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