Works Cited

Moore, Wes. The other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates. New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2010. Print.

Deja Murray

Dr. Lee

Introduction to Sociology

4/22/14

The Other Wes Moore Assignment

Question 1): The life of Wes Moore incorporates several sociological topics discussed in this course. Discuss how the culture of both Wes 1 and Wes 2 impacted their personalities and outlook on life resulting in different outcomes?

Culture is defined as specific behaviors or beliefs of characteristics from a particular social, ethnic, or age group that defines the quality of that person. Both Wes 1 and Wes 2 derived from the same city and unfortunately one lived his dream while the other didn’t. Wes 1 father was not there because he couldn’t be and the other Wes 2 father chose not to be. The absence of a father or male figure in a teenager life coincides with their behavior while growing up. “We’re going to mourn their absence in different ways” (Moore pg3). Although their names were the same they lived two completely different lives. While Wes1 was dealing with the death of his father Wes 2 was dealing with the fact that his father wanted nothing to do with him. This tremendously impacted their lives. Wes 1 mother decided to move to the Bronx’s were drugs and the streets changed, leaving nothing but trouble and the act of skipping school for Wes 1. While on the other hand Wes 2 was born and raised in the Bronx and his mother was not bringing in much money leaving Wes 2 with the idea of selling drugs for money. Unfortunately, this is common for young Black African Americans without a male father figure as a role model in life. They often feel as though money is the way to life and selling drugs is the fastest was to getting money. Luckily Wes 1 mother made an executive decision to sending him to military school where he struggled, but later became