The Great Katsby

    Many people think life is truly dictated through our actions and what we decide to pursue in life. Though this may be true, there are more external and even internal factors that may dictate where people end up. An environment is one of the strongest influences that a young individual as their development is typically strongly influenced from where they reside and come from. It is something that cannot be avoided, especially as a dependent. Most of us will always think back to where we came from because we are a product of our environment. To put it into perspective, if we are surrounded by a negative environment then a lot of our experiences may result in negative experiences and vice versa. Though environment does appear to only entail residence, it also includes family, friends and even how that changes one's character. Both of the Wes’ resided in a negative environment in which they lacked a fatherly figure, were exposed to drugs and received little to no guidan

Most people will agree that experience is life's best teacher. Many of us recognize that we've learned best when it came from a harsh instance that was so impactful, it became an instant lesson. When taught through experience, it is something we carry with us as if we've been through a battle; since it is something that no one had to tell us or give us, we earned it painfully. In the Other Wes Moore, we can see that this one of the most outstanding parts of the plot. When Joy is scolding Wes about his academic life, she approaches it by relating to his love of hip-hop. She proceeds to point out that he doesn't lack intelligence but in fact, he just chooses to memorize and focus on things that are irrelevant. The other Wes then sees it as  lack of acceptance towards his life since she merely focuses on external factors. Though these words do have meaning, they are simply just words to Wes and he sees it as a mother just scolding him regularly. The reason that he wa

     Family dynamics have such an important role in our development as children. The absence of a prominent male figure can alter how an individual may view his or her life. Moore, a character in "The Other Wes Moore", brings up the similarities between him and the other Wes Moore including the fact that they both lacked a father in their lives. The influence their fathers had in each of Wes' lives is not something that goes unnoted. Wes Moore lost his father at a young age but since his father has a lasting print in media (radio show), he still finds it inevitable to incorporate this into his writing. Meanwhile, the other Wes sees his father's absence as something more than a painful passing; he understood the concept of abandonment.      I, too, faced the harsh reality of lacking a father in my life. My experience was more like the other Wes Moore's story of abandonment, yet my life appears to have many similarities to the first Wes. My father was present