Book Report On The Other Wes Moore

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Richelle Goodrich once said, “To encourage me is to believe in me, which gives me the power to defeat dragons.” In a world submerged in diversity, racism and prejudice it is hard for minorities to get ahead. The novel “The Other Wes Moore” is a depiction of the differences that encouragement and support can make in the life of a child. This novel is about two men, with the same name, from the same neighborhood, that endured very similar adversities in their lives, but their paths were vastly different. In the following paragraphs, their lives will be compared, and analyzed from a sociological perspective.
The path of Wes, the felon, was a life filled with drugs, anger, and reckless choices. His mother and brother were the major

He, consequently, became involved in the life of dealing drugs that his mother and brother strived so arduously to prevent him from starting. Wes was arrested several times throughout his life starting at the early age of eight, when he attempted to stab another kid. He was also arrested for selling drugs and again for the attempted murder of a man. Another significant change for him was when he went to Job Corps, and was academically successful. Unfortunately, the reality of the world he left behind; such as, supporting his kids drove him to return to dealing, and later to his permanent

Interacting with drug runners and dealers was a part of his everyday life as well, and he ended up getting picked up by the police for tagging a wall. It scared the boy but he did it again a week later. The final event that affected him was when his mother sent him off to military school. Wes tried to run-away a few times to no avail, but he eventually became a leader. Military school opened the door to many opportunities for Wes as he joined the army, met influential people, and was accepted into Johns Hopkins University, despite his low