Character Analysis: The Other Wes Moore

Different factors impact one's decisions, possibly changing their lives permanently. In the memoir, The Other Wes Moore, both Wes Moore's nature and how they were nurtured influenced their decisions, successes, and failures. Drugs in both Wes Moore's environments have similar effects on their decisions, successes, and failures, as opposed to their role models, who had different effects on them.
Environment plays a crucial role in one's life. If someone was stuck in a bad environment, it would have a negative effect on them and vice versa. In both Wes Moore's cases, drugs were in both of their environments and negatively impacted their lives. According to his memoir, The Other Wes Moore, "'You wanna tag?' I couldn't say no. First off, Shea was one of the most respected young hustlers in the neighborhood." This demonstrates how Wes's environment was filled with people like Shea; young and in the drug game. The fact that Shea, a player in the drug game, was respected meant that the people in the environment were mainly drug addicts or people who wanted to be like him. The people who wanted to be Shea or like him were probably young boys like Wes, who wanted money and to fit in. If Wes had refused to do graffiti with Shea, he would have been marked as a coward. These people were his peers, and they would ultimately have
In the memoir, The Other Wes Moore, both Wes Moore's nature and how they were nurtured influenced their decisions, successes, and failures. Drugs in their environments had affected the Wes Moore's similarly; although they weren't the ones doing the drugs they were involved with people who did, leading to involvement with authorities. On the contrary, their role models had impacted them differently. The author admired an honest man who was mature and (truly) respected. The other Wes Moore admired his brother who made a living off of drugs and beat respect out of