Wes Moore Compare And Contrast

Two young men from the inner city part of Baltimore, Maryland located right on the boarder that separated Maryland from Washington, DC found each other as one of the young men developed a weird connection with another young man that he had never met before. Sharing the same exact name as him with the feeling that this connection was destiny being from the same exact area, only visiting the prison a couple times Wes Moore (Wes 1) was able to see that they lived somewhat of a similar but different life style. Sharing many of the same experiences, but one handling situations different from the other which was the main reason they sat on opposite sides of the table one being the visitor and one being the visited. The other Wes Moore (Wes 2) would have no opportunity to life on the outside as he served a life sentence with his brother Tony for killing a police officer named Bruce Prothero as they tried to rob a jewelry store, both having multiple offense before this. Meanwhile …show more content…
“I realized just how similar were the challenges the young boys here and like the ones I grew up with faced. In both places, young men go through the daily struggle trying to navigate their way through the deadly streets, poverty, and the twin legacy of exclusion and low expectations”(Moore, p. 170). With one of the two fathers passing away but with both Wes being fatherless it became up to them to become the men of each household. Both under the age of ten were now looking at their mother’s struggle as life has changed being single, and trying to manage work while having the intention to further their education.
Prompt:
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