Comparing This Boy's Life And The Other Wes Moore

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“This Boy’s Life” by Tobias Wolff and “The Other Wes Moore” by Wes Moore are stories in which the narrators are reflecting on a particular event from the past. In these stories both mothers went thru domestic violence with their partners. Both mothers are different from each other; both show their love in their own unique way. “This Boy Life” by Tobias Wolff his mother was beautiful, loving and caring. “The Other Wes Moore” by Wes Moore he describes his mother as loving, caring and well educated.
From my perspective, I believe that both stories show us that no matter what bad situation you are in there is always a solution to be happy. I can see love, respect and strong woman the authors is talking about, that they choose to give a better life to their kids. The similarities that I have found in these two stories are basically the love of a mother towards their children and teach them that even if you love someone and that person is hurting you, you need to move on to provide a better life. …show more content…

The narrator explains the trouble they had with their car they would have to stop and wait until the car cool down. The narrator and the mother even going thru their situation they were happy to be together. Mother went thru domestic violence after she decided to change that. According to the narrator his mother was beautiful, loving and caring. This story teaches us about the love of a mother towards her son. The story also talks about the issues they have encounter in there journey and teach to no matter what issues lives throws your way to stick together. The narrator talks about they are poor but being with his mom makes him really