Differences Of Young People In The Novel The Other Wes Moore

The factors that surround us when we are young create the people we become in the future. Usually the people and area that surround us influence the people we become in the future. If we grow up in an area with lots poverty crime and with parents that rarely give a care what we are doing with our lives. We are expected to probably lead a life of crime and violence. Unlike a person who is born in a well adjusted place with parents who concerned for their future are expected to lead better lives. We see in the book The Other Wes Moore the path both men end up taking is because of the many factors that influenced their lives during their young age. One huge factor was their mothers. Each were similar that they both raised their kids as single

Both mothers lost their husband for different reason, tried to raise a family on their own and both had to deal with troubling sons. What makes them very different is how they tended to each of their own son 's’ misbehavior. We see that in the book Mary and Joy have a Ying-Yang to how they go about confronting their sons. Joy is more upfront about it as she doesn 't ignore her son and does try to get help for him so he doesn 't fall in the wrong path. We see clearly Joy wants Wes to grow up and be a respectful, responsible and hardworking young man. In the beginning of the book when Wes hits Nikki his mom punishes him by sending him to his room since she says “Wes, he needs to learn what is acceptable and what is not!” (chpt1 pg 5-6) right away we see that Joy is very hard on discipline and wants to teach her son that their are certain things you shouldn 't do in life like hitting a girl . Later in the book when Weses grades are dropping and he’s getting into minor trouble at school for fighting and tagging places. Joy does not simply blow it off she decide to do something before her son’s small problems start turning into big problems. She sends him to military school so he can be more responsible in his life leading him to be very successful. Mary in the other hand wants her son lead a good life but she doesn 't do anything to guide him. When Wes finds weed in her mom 's

It just differentes for all of us how we do it and when we take that step and grow up. Becoming a man could mean man could have many definitions depending on the person you ask. For some people becoming a man is when you graduate high school and begin to take more responsibility in your own actions. Most people expect this since leaving home to venture out college while building a life could mean your man since you 're finally doing things on your own without needing as much help as before. You are also putting the final pieces of the puzzle of molding who you will be in the future. Some people are the man of the house when that father figure of the house is missing. Becoming a man prematurely is a lot of work for such age as you are abounding your childhood and you have to not only grow up rather quickly but take care of your younger siblings any way you can. Most of the time people drop out of school to support their families they show their a man when they put someone else 's needs before their own.It dosn’t always ensure that their doing the right thing to provide for their families as some cases we are despreate that we are willing to sell drugs ,our body and our soul just so we can support everyone one around us we become the martyrs.For some people becoming a man is when they do that special something with a girl. Marriage of course is a big part of our lives probably the most important. As many things