Success of Extrinsic Factors - By Marc Reyes
What affects the successfulness of a person and how does that account for people around them? There are two different ideas that could determine this being one’s intrinsic interactions with their genetic make up and who they are personally, nature, and one’s extrinsic interactions with their environments and experiences with people around them, nurture. The Other Wes Moore provides multiple outlooks on these interactions and how they affect the author Wes Moore as well as his counterpart sharing the same name. One can read the book and determine the most key factor to one or both character’s success. Similar factors that can play in the division of intrinsic and extrinsic …show more content…
Throughout his entire time at Valley Forge, things were given to Wes to allow him to pick his pathway. This came to him through role models such as Captain Hill and Colonel Murphy, both of which gave him life lessons and inspiration. Even though Wes had a very strong hatred for the school at first, he grew to see how it would positively affect him. This was through his realization of what his family was doing for him, and what the people inspiring him were doing for him. Author Wes stated that Captain Hill had cared about his succession and wanted to help Wes come to value Valley Forge and what was offered. “They made it clear that they cared if I succeeded, and eventually so did I,” stated the author [115]. Looking at this evidence and using what we know from the book, we can directly see the impact of the people coming from Valley Forge had on Wes. As he learned people wanted him to succeed, he taught himself to value and care about the potential he has and the future he could have. The text portrays the idea that Valley Forge, as an extrinsic factor, is impacting Wes and his perception of his future. This is where his path becomes more detailed as he tries multiple paths such as basketball. Due to the desire for success and self-betterment, Valley Forge Military School has proven to be a major factor affecting …show more content…
Joy had given what she could towards her son to become great and fit in comfortably with his surroundings. But without extra interaction that was needed, Valley Forge was the “go to” for that interaction to fully recreate Wes’s mindset. Its inspiring members and overall helpful standards, Valley Forge gave way for Wes to learn new things, and apply that to what he wanted to become. Wes would not have been able to do that without the help of his mother. With author Wes Moore’s family interactions, as well as the environment of Valley Forge, anyone looking at society can see that people are the way they are because their mindsets come from the environments around