Two Sides of the Same Coin: The Two Lives of Wes Moore The book The Other Wes Moore tells the riveting story of two boys‚ both who have the same name and were born not that far apart in Baltimore. Told through different years‚ each snippet of both these Weses lives shows the contrast they have. Moore uses multiple rhetorical devices in his story that help with his overall purpose of writing this book. Moore’s purpose throughout this whole story shows how the decisions a person makes shapes them
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Let’s take for example the feeling of being scared‚ we often experience fear without even being fully aware of it. Let’s say‚ one has a fear of heights‚ this fear can only be explained by the fear of depth‚ the act of looking down and seeing land deeper than your reach is the reason why you feel you are on a higher surface. Now the fear of height is caused (often) by the thought‚ ‘what if I fall down?’ If you fall down‚ it will either cause you injury or you will die. And so the fear of height is
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their expertise in art to different distinct masks that symbolize a multitude of traditions (Bortolot 9). Commonly made of wood‚ pigment‚ and hair‚ these masks are the foundation to hard work‚ courage‚ and fortitude‚ all characteristics a man and woman entering the adult society should acquire. Through initiations and rituals‚ young men and women become a symbolic body of art that defines the attributes and bravery of a Makonde. The Muti wa Lipiko Mask was used in tribal ceremonies to praise young
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The two assigned textbooks‚ We the People and American Politics and the African-American Quest for Universal Freedom (AAA)‚ are very different in content and concept. The We the People textbook had more of “universal”‚ less biased‚ view of American government as opposed to AAA. The We the People book wrote mainly about government and politics without zeroing in on racial groups and their disadvantages. The AAA book also focused on government‚ but specifically on African-American influence throughout
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The poem begins “we real cool”‚ which happens to be the title. The statement “we real cool” is fairly self-explanatory. The pool players are conveying their feeling that they are in fact “real cool”. The first statement to follow “we real cool” is “we left school”. The poem accentuates each individual statement by separating the word “we” from the rest of the statement by a line break. “We left school”‚ this statement is very simple‚ but it also explains
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Watch the following video: Raising Wes Moore How did each mother approach/react to single motherhood? To Poverty? There were many similarities between the two mothers but there were also a few significant differences. One important difference between the two is that once the other Wes Moore dropped out of school‚ his mother basically gave up. She saw school as one of the few places where Wes could not be involved with drugs‚ to an extent. Unlike Mary‚ Joy sent Wes Moore off to a prep military academy
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situations for most to respond to would be poverty. Poverty brings not only one challenge‚ but it is very dynamic‚ and gives birth to a wide array of crippling problems for people Like Wes Moore. But‚ before we go into detail about the problems that poverty gave Wes and his family let’s focus on what poverty is to Wes. Poverty is lacking
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Are We Too Wired? By Sophia Hsu In the present‚ we are too dependent on technology. Daily lives are spent glued to the screen. Entertainment such as videos‚ TV‚ and video games are on devices. Even books are read on kindles! We don’t notice how dependent we are on technology. Conflicts from screen time and social problems are mostly caused by technology. Social media is a huge problem. It draws people of all ages onto their devices. Many people who don’t think we are too wired argue that
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“We Real Cool” What I like about this poem is that its meaning is relevant to any generation. No matter what is going on in the world there will always be kids who want to be rebellious‚ skip school‚ and do whatever they want with no regard for the consequences. One thing that caught my attention in this poem was the strange placement of the word “We” at the end of each line. At first this confused me but after hearing Gwendolyn Brooks read the poem‚ I realized that the placement of “We” created
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Immortal and Mortal We live under a Christian nation and without a doubt this is represented on our coins and dollars. The phrase ‘In God We Trust?’ refers to the religious foundations of America. This takes us back to the question of divine status‚ how it was created and its representation when it’s intangible. Studying philosophers of ancient Greece brings us to how religion is perceived today. Centuries ago‚ Socrates (469–399 BCE) added social‚ ethical‚ and political theories to established
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