Author Wes Moore
Other Wes Moore
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
(again)
Chapter Eight
Chapter Seven
Decides to join the army.
Decides to try to get the Rhodes scholarship.
Robs a bank with Tony and two other men.
Starts selling drugs again.
"I wanted to lead soldiers." (pg. 133)
" 'Have you heard of the Rhodes Scholarship?' " (pg. 161)
"Mary's large-screen television was now filled with photos of these suspects. Her heart broke when she saw Tony's and Wes's faces staring back at her." (pg. 149)
"As the baking soda swirled in the rapidly heating pot, Wes held the plastic with both hands and poured in nine ounces of cocaine." (pg. 145)
Turning Point
Wes wants to get out of the drug
game. His friend suggested joining the job
corps. Job corps was a government program that let people earn their GEDs and learn skills required for their desired feilds. Wes passed with flying colors in only seven
months. After, he got a solid and completly legal job.
Wes realized that seeking revenge was not something his father wanted him to do. This is proven by Wes's middle name which means "one who will not seek revenge."
Sells drugs to an undercover police officer.
Doesn't go after his attacker for revenge.
Chapter Six
" 'I don't know who it was that told me, but if you give me twenty dollars, you can go over to that phone booth and they said you would be taken care of.' " (pg. 113)
"Should I have stayed there in the middle of the street, waiting for the boys to come back, somehow gotten them out of their car, and tested them blow for blow? Part of me was aghast when I decided that the answer was no." (pg. 121)
Learns about respect and decides to try and fit in at military school.
Gets Alicia pregnant and goes to jail for attempted murder.
Chapter Five
"Within two months of their meeting, Alicia told Wes that her period was late." (pg. 99)
"Wes and his friend traded shots and finally heard Ray scream as he fell..." (pg. 105)
"This was real respect, the kind you can't beat or scare out of people. ... That's when I started to understand that I was in a different environment." (pg.96)
Chapter
Four
Decides to never be arrested ever again.
"The cops gave us a gift that day, and I swore I would never get caught in a situation like that again." (pg. 84)
"He'd realized very early in the gamethat the drug market was a simple supply-and-demand equation." (pg. 74)
It was at this point in the book that Wes really thought about his future. When he was almost arrested for tagging a building, he didn't want to disapoint his mom or go to jail. He realized that if he was arrested, he would have no future.
Up to this point in the book, Wes had decided to stay away from drugs just like Tony told him to. However, in chapter four he started dealing drugs because he was jealous of Tony and all of his expensive stuff. Wes's life really goes down hill from there.
The Other Wes Moore -- Final Project
Does drugs and drinks alcohol for the first time.
Chapter
Three
"The boys sat under the bridge drinking malt liquor and smoking as the morning quickly turned to afternoon." (pg.60)
"... I allowed my standards at school to become pathetic. In third grade 'I was at a second-grade reading level." (pg. 54)
Attempts to stab the boy who punched him.
He goes to play basketball.
Chapter
Two
"As Woody got closer, his attention was diverted from Wes's left hand to his right, where he held a long-bladed knife." (pg. 33)
"I played hard, lost pretty bad, but enjoyed every minute of it." (pg. 44)
Wes wants to take care of his mom at all costs.
Wes punched his sister without knowing the consequences.
Chapter
One
"After listening to his mother describe her letter, Wes quickly volunteered to ger a job and help out." (pg. 23)
"So, in the spirit of three-year-old boys everywhere who've run out of better ideas, I decided to punch her" (pg. 5)
By Abbie Ransdell
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