The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore -- a discussion guide: Home

Wes Moore is a scholar of Rhodes and a fighter in Afghanistan. As a researcher at the White House, he served as Special Assistant to the Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. He was a guest speaker at the 2008 Democratic National Convention and was named one of the Top 30 Under 30 (2007) of Ebony Magazine and recently was named one of New York's young business leaders by Crain's New York Business. He works in New York City. (From publisher)

1. How does Moore describe the street culture of how the young boy grows and believe that violence turns them into guys? Talk about street culture - violence, drug trafficking, contempt of education. What made this spirit, why do so many young people think that is attractive?

2. In the article about Wes Moore prison, writer Wes Moore said as follows. "It is a sad fact that his life may be my life, a tragedy that my story may be his, what is the sentence Do you think Moore is right?

Oprah Winfrey once said "When you hear this story it will change your destiny of free will and change destiny." If it is determinism, what decision theory - God, fate of the universe, environment, biology, psychology? Or, if we are free, how much can we freely choose and create our destiny?

4. The most important issue in this book is that the important elements in the lives of these two people of the same kind make a big difference in their fate.

Tell the role of the family - especially the presence or absence of the father - the role in the child's life. In this book, let's consider the role of the two mothers, Joy and Mary, and the care of the author's grandparents.

7. Why is the author suffering from his name story? What is the reason why he insisted on seeing him in prison? Talk about the embarrassment of the first meeting of the two golds, and they gradually open and share with each other

8. In the prison, the other Wess answered the author's first letter with his letter and wrote, "When you are here, people think that you do not even know that you are still alive" . Power of hope and despair. What is the difference between a prisoner who knows that he or she is remembered?

8. The writer Wess asked Prisoner Weiss, "When did you start to know that you are a man?" Let's talk about the importance of this problem ... and the reaction of everyone

Does this book have any idea to improve the conditions that led to other Weissmore imprisonment? How do you make the lives of many young people growing on the street more productive?

In the second episode, Moore and Weiss talked about maturity. Mr. Moore said he believed he was a man when he was initially responsible to others; Wes pointed out that it may be difficult to provide services to others. Weiss believes that Moore and "Moore" had a "second chance" when he was young, but the second opportunity is meaningful only when the situation changes. The fourth chapter since Wess became 15 years old is working in a drag game for three years. Tony noticed that his younger brother gathered many new sneakers and asked Wesg with anger as to where he got the money. Wess insisted that it was from the DJ - he was telling Mary about lies - but Tony did not believe him. After that Mary found a medicine with her medicine and poured it into the toilet. Mary's panic and angry Wesh say loudly that she threw 4,000 dollars

When reading "Other Wes Moore" by Wes Moore, many readers will know why Vice said: "The cold truth is that his story may be my story, a tragedy is me The story of it may be his story. "(Introduction of Mol). Wess is saying here that the life of Wes Moore is very similar, they have the same name, they live in Baltimore and have a similar history. - The Other Wes Moore is a book about two children sharing the expectations of one or more people. They have the same name, grew up in the same community, spent a difficult childhood, have no father, the list continues. Though they may be the same in many respects, they grow completely differently. One day, the author is reading a newspaper featuring him, and he found an article about the planned jewelry store robbery.