The Other Wes Moore Summary

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This passage illustrates two distinct causes of a fathers’ departure on their child’s life, respectfully creating an ever lining impact on their child’s future. An impact that drives the mothers to take in the ultimate father to mother role. Generally, with the first glimpse of their newborn son or daughter, parents become utterly amazed to such beauty and innocence. They become bewildered that they had created this delicate human being. Unfortunately, in most cases, dilemma emerges and one paternal figure ‘leaves’ the picture. In the case of the author Wes Moore, his father was one of a kind. His father would be his “protector” when Moore’s mother would aggressively yell at him. In an unfortunate day, Westley (Wes’ father, had the same name) unable to grasp his breathe, suffocated. …show more content…
It was moment most single moms remember to the end of their existence; a moment that no errors were permitted on their part. Whereas, in the case of the other Wes Moore, his father was ‘unique’. His father like his half-brother, Tony, were individuals who didn’t want to be fathers, yet hold the title. They both were men who became abusive and through the fault of their own, utterly affected their sons lives. Wes’ mother, still in her adolescence years, had to forget what being a child was. She had to take charge, she had to become the ultimate driving her