The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
Author: Wes Moore
Type of Work: Autobiographical novel
Genre: Nonfiction- Autobiography/Biography
Language: English
Time and Place Written: New York, 2007
Date of Publication: 2010
Publisher: Spiegel and Grau
Narrator: Wes Moore (author)
Point of View: Wes Moore speaks as first person, but when he talks about the other Wes Moore he uses third person omniscient
Tone: While the story is going on the author is neutral but dramatic.
Tense: present and past
Setting (time): 1978-2008 (epilogue)
Setting (place): The Bronx, Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland
Wayne, Pennsylvania
Protagonist: Wes Moore and the other Wes Moore
Major Conflict: The struggle of growing up in a drug infested, high crime, and low-income rate environment and the two different outcomes.
Climax: When the other Wes was involved in the murder of Sgt. Prothero and sentenced to life in prison.For the author Wes it was when he realized what he wanted to do with his life in the Valley Forge Military School.
Rising Action: Other Wes became more and more involved in drugs and violence. He had been arrested a few times and was a dropout of high school. Author Wes had a troubled childhood but because his mother pushed him to do better in school he was slowly becoming very successful.
Falling Action: Other Wes was sent to prison and the story goes on to describe what characters in his story end up doing in their future. Author Wes wraps up his time in South Africa and learns new lessons.
Themes: influence of the people in our lives, and the huge impact of important decisions
Motifs: drugs & violence, negative & positive role models
Symbols: other
Wes Moore- drugs and violence
Wes Moore- education and motivation
Foreshadowing: There is some foreshadowing in the sections in which Wes is talking to other Wes in prison.
Author: Wes Moore
Type of Work: Autobiographical novel
Genre: Nonfiction- Autobiography/Biography
Language: English
Time and Place Written: New York, 2007
Date of Publication: 2010
Publisher: Spiegel and Grau
Narrator: Wes Moore (author)
Point of View: Wes Moore speaks as first person, but when he talks about the other Wes Moore he uses third person omniscient
Tone: While the story is going on the author is neutral but dramatic.
Tense: present and past
Setting (time): 1978-2008 (epilogue)
Setting (place): The Bronx, Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland
Wayne, Pennsylvania
Protagonist: Wes Moore and the other Wes Moore
Major Conflict: The struggle of growing up in a drug infested, high crime, and low-income rate environment and the two different outcomes.
Climax: When the other Wes was involved in the murder of Sgt. Prothero and sentenced to life in prison.For the author Wes it was when he realized what he wanted to do with his life in the Valley Forge Military School.
Rising Action: Other Wes became more and more involved in drugs and violence. He had been arrested a few times and was a dropout of high school. Author Wes had a troubled childhood but because his mother pushed him to do better in school he was slowly becoming very successful.
Falling Action: Other Wes was sent to prison and the story goes on to describe what characters in his story end up doing in their future. Author Wes wraps up his time in South Africa and learns new lessons.
Themes: influence of the people in our lives, and the huge impact of important decisions
Motifs: drugs & violence, negative & positive role models
Symbols: other
Wes Moore- drugs and violence
Wes Moore- education and motivation
Foreshadowing: There is some foreshadowing in the sections in which Wes is talking to other Wes in prison.