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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…

after reading the title, We wear the mask. You begin to ask, who is we? What is significant about this mask? Why are they wearing a mask? I’ve read this poem numerous amounts of times and I believe I have finally developed my meaning of it. Dunbar’s poem has many themes and symbols, such as hypocrisy, pain and suffering, society, race, and lies. This is a rondeau poem written in iambic pentameter. A rondeau is a poem that has 10-15 lines and is organized into three stanzas. We wear the mask…

If we live in a world where free will existed we would always be morally responsible for our actions because we always have options to do otherwise, this is known as the principle of alternate possibilities. For now let us assume that we live in a determinist world where our life events are predetermined would we be responsible for our actions even though we have no control over them? It is very hard to imagine how someone could possibly be responsible for actions they had no control over but…

Beginning at the young age of eighteen years old, for some even earlier, we begin to question what we must do for the rest of our lives. This subject may seem frightening to many, including myself. We often question ourselves “What steps must be taken in order to live a successful, meaningful life?” In Wes Moore’s book, The Work, we are provided with knowledge as well as a sense of reassurance about how we must find and fulfill “a life that matters”. Just at the very start of the book, Moore…

In Al Katrina’s, “We’re Watching What We Eat,” he talks about how food portrayed on television tells us a lot about the shifting cultural attitudes. Katrina attacks the extreme levels television portrays healthy and unhealthy eating habits by mentioning shows like The Biggest Loser and Bulging Brides treating hunger as an almost sick shameful necessity. The author also talks about one’s opinion on Western culture or primetime programming may infer that hunger is matched only by one’s…

belief that I have always believed in: the early experiences of life - especially family education - have a crucial decisive role in the life trajectory. In fact, after closing the book, I looked at the question with interest: if the two five-year-old Wes Moore in front of me, let me predict which one will grow up later, I can guess Right? On the surface, they are quite similar in their situation: their families are ordinary, supported by mothers and matrilineal relatives, and fathers will not…

be true because we are currently civilized. On a much larger scale, humans are not naturally good, the darkness of humans’ hearts are masked by civilization. In The Lord of The Flies, by William Golding, he describes that no matter how much we try to disguise our evil - which we are born with - it is destined to resurface when we have either lost control of ourselves or put under difficult circumstances. But many people may still argue that humans are naturally good… then why do we have to teach…

Anna McCurry, 8 year old orphan from ‘’ We Care’’ orphanage found near Dixie and Tomken Rd holding a help sign. ( Mississauga) Iqra Shaikh TORONTO --- The Canadian Press Published Monday, May.16, 2016 11:33 AM EDT Poor management in “We Care” orphanage forced 8 year old Anna to run away. Anna McCurry, a 8 year old orphan was found begging near the main intersection of Dixie and Tomken Rd, Mississauga on May 15, 2016 at 9:45 AM EDT. Head Chief of Mississauga Police, Officer Reynolds says “…

Chris Heldman, His 101 SIN2, Reflective Essay, July 13, 2015. “We the people.’’ These three words are at the beginning of our nation’s first formal document. This document and many others that form our government have their origins in an early city of America and in ancient societies. I visited this city on March 25 this year to observe these documents and to visit the locations of their creations. I attended multiple speeches, presentations, and historical sites. Each of these had a large…

In the novel written by Wes Moore entitled “The Other Wes Moore, told stories about the fates of two different people with the same name and living area. Based on my reading, I found out that the author life is more fortunate than the other Wes Moore. This is because the author’s mother was more concern about his child education and behaviour compared to the the other Wes Moore’s mother. I perceive that the author’s mother was more concern due to the clear details written in the book about the…