Compare And Contrast Essay On Wes Moore

Everyone in there lives have made bad decisions that they regret, lead them to the wrong path, and wished they’ve made different decisions. However, I kind of would’ve wanted to have a childhood like any of them because they all went through hard times but at the end Jeannette and The author Wes became victorious. Furthermore, I would’ve somewhat liked to have a childhood like Jeannette's because her father would teach her things at times. For example, Jeannette states, “Dad kept telling me that he loved me, that he never would have let me drown, but you can’t cling to the side your whole, that one lesson every parent needs to teach a child is “ ‘If you didn’t want to sink, you better figure out how to swim’” (Walls, 66). If Jeannette's father never taught her that lesson then she wouldn’t have been
Honestly, I would’ve wanted the childhood of the author Wes Moore even though it was difficult in the beginning but at the end, it was wealthy. Wes states, “The irony of the situation forced me to smile, featuring my newly cracked tooth. Years earlier, I had run through these same woods with all of my might, looking for safety, trying to get away from campus. Tonight, I ran through the same woods looking for safety, but in the other direction," (Moore, 122). Here we can see how his life was changed drastically and makes me want to have his childhood since I know I would have been able to do anything without stopping! Lastly, I wouldn’t want to have the same childhood as the other Wes because he never really cared about his education or his life. Also, he later on ended up in prison for making the bad decisions and he knew that he his life was going to spend in prison; “ ‘You committed an act like something out of the Wild West, and you didn't even realize how outrageous it was, the judge said’. That makes you a very dangerous person’ “(Moore, 157). Sounds like Jeannette and both Wes had crazy