Discussion #1 In Wes Moore’s “The Other Wes Moore” both characters live within the same city‚ with the same names but grow up to lead very different lives. Both kids grow up living in Baltimore where drugs and poverty are at an all time high. Violence is a reoccurring theme in this book and both boys have run-ins with the law. Each of the Wes Moore boys both struggle in school with attendance and academics. Their stories start off the same but each of the boys grows up and lives very different
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Maggie Schuh The Other Wes Moore Assignment Staring at the cover of The Other Wes Moore during my Advising and Registration Day in the spring‚ I honestly was not prepared to already have a summer assignment‚ especially since I should have been enjoying the summer before the real world started. My initial reactions to the book were like any other teenager. I judged this book by its cover and came to the realization that the only way I would open this book was by my own destiny. I had to make
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Characters : - Alexander (Alex‚ alec) Alicia (Alex’s Mum) Frederick (Alex’s Dad) Jerry Setting: - Early 20th Century Ireland‚ WW1 in France (Two settings) Summary – Part 1 * The story starts with the narrator Alexander Moore who is awaiting his death by a firing squad. * We get an indication early on in the text that the relationship with his parents is not good. * ‘My heart doesn’t bleed for her’ referring to his mother. This shows us that he did not have much love for his mother
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shine‚ or in the evening‚ when the sculptures absorb the red evening sun. All these different interpretations and perspectives would not be possible to see if the sculptures were in a museum‚ where no natural light would compliment the sculptures. Moore always manages to draw a connection between the sculptures and the landscape. For example‚ in the following picture‚ there is a hole in the sculpture‚ and when you look through there is an abundance of green‚ if there was a white wall behind it‚ the
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Peaceful resistance to laws certainly has a positive impact on a free society. There are many examples of when peaceful resistance has positively impacted a free society from the past and even some events that have happened recently. One of the most famous instances is obviously Martin Luther King Jr. and his fight for Civil Rights. He lead by example and lead by his beliefs. In the "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" he questions many southerners on how they could be Christian but turn a blind eye to
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Before I started reading “The Other Wes Moore” I only had a vague idea about the book. I know they shared the same name‚ lived close to each other‚ and that ended up in different places in life. However‚ the first concept that was introduced was making decisions for yourself and how those choices would affect you later. This idea that one choice can lead you can change your life was explained when the author reflected on his past and how easily he could have been the one in prison. I thought it was
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same name who live within the same community end up with lives on two completely different paths? The author‚ Wes Moore‚ begins life in a tough Baltimore neighborhood and ends up a Rhodes Scholar‚ Wall Streeter‚ White House Fellow‚ etc. The other Wes Moore starts in the same place in Baltimore but ends up in prison FOR LIFE. The parallels in their stories aren’t quite as compelling as they may appear initially. For example‚ the other Wes Moore spends a number of his developmental years
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Criminalizing peaceful protests to become illegal is a major issue that has not become fully acknowledge by people. Ten states that have proposed this law are: Colorado‚ Indiana‚ Iowa‚ Michigan‚ Minnesota‚ Missouri‚ North Carolina‚ North Dakota‚ Virginia‚ and Washington. Although Washington is not the only democratic state of these ten states‚ it is drawn more attention to it as to why it is considering proposing a law. With a new Republican president in office and majority of both‚ the House of
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“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.” This is a quote from Rosa Parks after her incident on the bus. Peaceful resistance is an important factor in our free society today in American culture. The problem today is that many protest are no peaceful and often turn violent. There are many examples of how protests impact society‚ but I think one of the most prevalent was Rosa Parks and her simple yet effective protest of not giving up her seat on the bus. By doing what
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Angela Moore Comm102 Intercultural Experience When given the task of placing myself in a cultural environment that I was unfamiliar with‚ I thought long and hard of where to go. I wanted to challenge myself and truly use the opportunity to become better educated. I looked at the controversies that are in my present society. I examined my own stereotypes or preconceived notions about different cultures. The one that caught my eye and ignited my brain the most was Muslim. There is so much I didn’t
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