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Summary Of The Other Wes Moore

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The Other Wes Moore: One Tale, Two Fates , by Wes Moore, is an inspirational true story about the lives of two young men who share a similar background and the same name, Wes Moore. While the author grows up to be a veteran, as well as a Rhodes Scholar, the “Other Wes Moore” lands himself in prison with a life sentence. Of course throughout the story the author encounters many antagonists that, if he had allowed, could have pulled him toward a fate like the currently incarcerated Wes Moore. Yet at times the narrator is an antagonist to himself, showing the internal battle he faces throughout his life. Wes Moore’s internal battles begin at very young age, when he was in elementary school. It was after Joy Moore, the author’s mother, moved her
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