Summary Of Guys Vs. Men By Dave Barry

What makes a man different then a guy? Some people would say the difference is age or smartness, but Dave Barry wrote an article describing what he thought the major differences are. Dave Barry’s article is called “Guys vs. Men.” His article says that guys are interested in neat stuff, like pointless challenges, and do not have a ridged and well-defined moral code. Barry’s article can relate to Wes Moore’s book called The Other Wes Moore. In this book, the story jumps between two Wes Moore’s. The author Wes Moore went through some really hard things when he grew up. He grew up in Maryland for the first few years of his life and then moved to the Bronx. His father died just before his fourth birthday. When his father died, his mother took

Their rules were extremely strict. Wes went to a private school named Riverdale; but was suspended for fighting with another student. Wes’s mother said that if he did not straighten up, she would send him to military school. Eventually, he and his friend would get arrested for tagging, and that’s when he knew he had to change his ways. Then the book talks about the other Wes Moore. He grew up in Maryland and lived with his mother. He had a brother, Tony, who lived with his father. Wes met his father when he was visiting his grandmother’s house. Wes’s mother never was never really home to keep an eye out on Wes. Tony did not want Wes to go down the same path he did; Tony was a drug dealer. Tony taught Wes that whenever he was in a fight that he should leave them a message not to fool around with him. Wes would eventually get arrested because he tried to teach a kid not to mess with him. Wes rarely went to school and eventually he would start to become a drug dealer. Dave Barry’s article provides insight into the actions and decisions of both Wes

This means that guys will do whatever they want to do whenever they want to do it; but also means that a guy acts before he thinks. He just does it and does not think of the consequences. The author Wes Moore fits this characteristic when he goes tagging with his friend. He went not thinking anything could happen to him and he just went and had fun; but he wound up getting arrested. Tagging was illegal and he did it anyways because he thought it was fun. There was no thought in that it was the wrong thing to do. The other Wes Moore also fits in with this characteristic because when he was fighting a kid, he went home to get a knife so he could teach the kid a lesson. He was taught to do this by his half-brother Tony. The book states “’Rule number one: If someone disrespects you, you send them a message so fierce that they won’t have a chance to do it again.’ It was Murphy Homes law and Wes took it to heart (33).” This quote proves that Wes did not care if getting the knife was wrong; he was just trying to “send a message (33).” Wes would eventually get arrested. These two situations prove Barry’s theory because both guys acted before they thought of what could happen. Both did foolish and illegal things and they both got arrested. They never thought of the consequences and acted by what they believed was