Role Of Joy In The Other Wes Moore
In The Other Wes Moore, the author teaches the reader when a mother holds herself accountable, they can positively impact their children’s futures.
Joy reacts to Wes’s bad choices by taking action over Wes’s future. She takes action for Wes to ensure he does not make a “decisive and possibly irrevocable turn.” (95). When Joy speaks to Wes about attending Valley Forge Military Academy, he accepts the fact that his “mother made the decision to intervene- and decided that overdoing it was better than doing nothing at all.” (95) Joys decision was made in order to allow the best outcome from Wes. Joy’s main action from Wes’s bad choices was taking control and making sacrifices. Joy plays an important role in her son’s life, unlike Mary.
Wes’s choice to be a drug dealer has put him on a path that Mary cannot change, which makes her feel helpless. While Mary is cleaning Wes’s bruises after Tony beats him up, Mary thinks to herself, “ The deeper bruise, however, she could do nothing about” (72). The deeper bruise resembles an internal change of Wes becoming more of a drug dealer. Mary didn’t try hard enough to take action over the other Wes’s future, which …show more content…
When Joy faces her growing expenses, she decides to “[work] multiple jobs, from a freelance writer for magazines and television to a furrier’s assistant” (47). Joy working multiple jobs shows the reader how dedicated she is to overcome her obstacles. On the other hand, Mary simply avoids her challenges by partying. Mary drops out of college and “was planning on doing what she always did to… commiserate… she and a couple of friends would head out to… a popular night club” (19). The author uses the word “commiserate” to clearly explain that Mary feels sympathy for her mistakes. Mary avoids her challenges and Joy takes action over her challenges. Overall, a mother can make a difference in a child’s life based on her
Joy reacts to Wes’s bad choices by taking action over Wes’s future. She takes action for Wes to ensure he does not make a “decisive and possibly irrevocable turn.” (95). When Joy speaks to Wes about attending Valley Forge Military Academy, he accepts the fact that his “mother made the decision to intervene- and decided that overdoing it was better than doing nothing at all.” (95) Joys decision was made in order to allow the best outcome from Wes. Joy’s main action from Wes’s bad choices was taking control and making sacrifices. Joy plays an important role in her son’s life, unlike Mary.
Wes’s choice to be a drug dealer has put him on a path that Mary cannot change, which makes her feel helpless. While Mary is cleaning Wes’s bruises after Tony beats him up, Mary thinks to herself, “ The deeper bruise, however, she could do nothing about” (72). The deeper bruise resembles an internal change of Wes becoming more of a drug dealer. Mary didn’t try hard enough to take action over the other Wes’s future, which …show more content…
When Joy faces her growing expenses, she decides to “[work] multiple jobs, from a freelance writer for magazines and television to a furrier’s assistant” (47). Joy working multiple jobs shows the reader how dedicated she is to overcome her obstacles. On the other hand, Mary simply avoids her challenges by partying. Mary drops out of college and “was planning on doing what she always did to… commiserate… she and a couple of friends would head out to… a popular night club” (19). The author uses the word “commiserate” to clearly explain that Mary feels sympathy for her mistakes. Mary avoids her challenges and Joy takes action over her challenges. Overall, a mother can make a difference in a child’s life based on her