Wes Moores Are Made Because Of Choice

Choice is what led both Wes Moores to end up where they did. One being in prison for the rest of his life and the other being a road scholar. They were both lucky to get as many chances as they did. The other Wes ended up in prison by choice. There were three choices the other Wes made because he wanted to not because of fate. For the author Wes, he had two decisions to make and he chose the right ones. The other Wes was not very smart at making decisions. For him, it all started when he was playing football with some kids from his neighborhood. He was only eight when his brother had told him. “Rule number one: if someone disrespects you, you send a message so fierce that they won’t have the chance to do it again.” (33) When playing football,

This only led him to get arrested at only 8 years old. Another bad decision the other wes made was after he moved. He was the look out for people that sold drugs on the streets. He would let them know when a cop was near by. Although he wasn’t the one dealing with drugs, he was still helping and eventually led him to later move up to selling drugs. He even came up with his own group. “The drug game had it’s own rules, it’s own structures.” (111) There was the lieutenant, which was the leader of the small crew. There was the corner boys who were usually around the ages of 7 and 11, they were the look outs. The hitters were the ones that dealt with the money and there was also the housemen who were in charge of distribution. Lastly there was the muscle, their job was to protect the crew and the lieutenant. A last thing he had a chance at making a good decision was when he went to the job corp. Wes made the right decision by going because he ended up getting his GED. “A year after completing the Job Corps training, Wes realized the only consistency in his employment was

The jobs he would get did not pay enough to him compared to when he was selling drugs. He ended up selling drugs again, not because of fate but because it was his choice. Unlike the other Wes, author Wes made better choices. In the beginning he did not want to go to school because he wanted to seem cool to his friends. His mother had put him in a private school. He was one of the two kids in his town that would go to this private school. “My mother decided soon after our move to the Bronx that I was not going to public school. She was not a snob, she was scared.” (47) His mother knew things had changed since the last time she was there. Not going to school was a bad choice author Wes made. The second decision author Wes made was probably the best one he ever made because it led him to be successful. When his mother put him in military school he didn’t want to be there. He tried to run away. When he called his mother he asked her if he could go back and promised to do better. Mary said, “Wes, you are not going anywhere until you give this place a