Wes Moore made some really bad choices during his life. Choices that lead him into life in prison without the chance of parole.Many things that had happened during his life lead him to this, but some people during his childhood changed the way he turned out. His mom, brother, father all had a part into how Wes turned out in a way. Wes’s mother was not a good role model on wes at all.Even though she had two kids that she should have be taking care of, she frequently went to nightclubs and parties. “She was only twenty-seven years old, and despite having two sons, Tony, who was eleven, and Wes,she was still young enough to enjoy partying,dancing,and being noticed by men-and noticing them back-much to the chagrin of her family and friends who ended up watching the boys so many nights.” She should have been taking care of her kids, making lifelong bonds with them, but she had fun at nightclubs and partying. At the time, Baltimore was riddled with drugs and drug users. Wes’s mom was no exception. “As Wes rummaged through the closet,moving clothes and boxes from one side to the other, he came across a small …show more content…
It was riddled with drug users, so that meant money to be made. He knew he souldnt become a part of it. “He knew what game this was, the same game that had consumed Tony and put a bullet or two in him. The same game Tony continually urged Wes to stay out of.” Wes knew what he was getting into, but he wanted to be like Tony and make money so he went down a path that he could never come back from. He should have did his absolute best to walk away. If he would have done that, his life might have turned out way better than it did. When Wes meet Alicia, they quickly became more than friends. Within two months of meeting each other, Wes got Alicia pregnant. Wes, knowing he is now a father, still decided to cheat on Alicia. That is bad enough within itself. But what happened after wards is what really changed his