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Comparative Essay On The Other Wes Moore

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10/30/14 The other Wes Moore The other Wes Moore is a story by Wes Moore about 2 kids living within the same neighborhood, having an identical name. One kid grew up to become a Rhodes Scholar, White House Fellow, business leader and an adorned combat veteran. In a strange twist of fate, the other Wes is in jail serving a prison life sentence for crime murder. It is amazing how the two boys had so many similarities-not only did they have similar names, but also were raised without fathers, born in similar background in Baltimore, Maryland, in the late 70s as well as went through similar encounters as they grew up. The Other Wes starts in late 2000, when 2 articles were published by the Baltimore Sun. Both of these stories featured Wes Moore.

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