The Other Moore Character Analysis
Your roots Your route.
Individuals with a strong support system encouraging them through challenging times commonly results in success. The belief people have in you won’t matter if you don’t believe in yourself. The difference in the two lives of the Wes Moores developed deeply from expectancies and the structure of support. The quote “Our roots help to determine our routes” (184) by Dr. Cornel West was symbolized in the novel The Other Wes Moore through the main character’s hardships, accomplishments, and conclusions.
The Wes moores were both surviving in the position of low income and lived in a perilous neighborhood. The Wes Moores both had no father in their life for long after growing up, which is mainly hard for a maturing boy. The boys were in tricky situations which eventually steered them down a path including them getting into lots of trouble. For example, the Other Wes Moore was looking so hard for a father figure in his life he turned to his brother for motivation. The author remarks, “Wes wanted to be just like Tony. Tony wanted Wes to be nothing like him” (Moore 72). Tony was not the best role model for Wes, but he had no one else to look up to. The Wes’s upbringing impacted their lives greatly but it’s their own choice in how they want …show more content…
One Wes ended up living a superior life that was an outcome from his many accomplishments and strong support system. While the Other Wes Moore life resulted in life in prison from the poor decisions he started early in life. When the author realized and mentioned "The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his." (Moore xi) displayed how people make their own decisions in life no matter the walk of life you came from. The childhood we grow through can impact our future in a positive way or negative way. Both Wes’s had similar roots but ended up traveling different
Individuals with a strong support system encouraging them through challenging times commonly results in success. The belief people have in you won’t matter if you don’t believe in yourself. The difference in the two lives of the Wes Moores developed deeply from expectancies and the structure of support. The quote “Our roots help to determine our routes” (184) by Dr. Cornel West was symbolized in the novel The Other Wes Moore through the main character’s hardships, accomplishments, and conclusions.
The Wes moores were both surviving in the position of low income and lived in a perilous neighborhood. The Wes Moores both had no father in their life for long after growing up, which is mainly hard for a maturing boy. The boys were in tricky situations which eventually steered them down a path including them getting into lots of trouble. For example, the Other Wes Moore was looking so hard for a father figure in his life he turned to his brother for motivation. The author remarks, “Wes wanted to be just like Tony. Tony wanted Wes to be nothing like him” (Moore 72). Tony was not the best role model for Wes, but he had no one else to look up to. The Wes’s upbringing impacted their lives greatly but it’s their own choice in how they want …show more content…
One Wes ended up living a superior life that was an outcome from his many accomplishments and strong support system. While the Other Wes Moore life resulted in life in prison from the poor decisions he started early in life. When the author realized and mentioned "The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his." (Moore xi) displayed how people make their own decisions in life no matter the walk of life you came from. The childhood we grow through can impact our future in a positive way or negative way. Both Wes’s had similar roots but ended up traveling different