While reading the story of the Other Wes Moore, written by Wes Moore, I realized that small details or changes in the someone's life can seriously change their destiny for better or worse. My goal is to show that when Wes Moore, a banker, meets someone with the same name and an almost exact background as him, but a very different life, since the other is sentenced to life in prison, he surrenders consider how much your fate can be shaped by a simple second chance. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on “Why Violent Video Games Should Not Be Banned”? Get an original essay. I will analyze the things that compare/contrast throughout the two lives of Wes Moores, to understand the reason why one of them became a banker, and the other in prison for life. The story begins as a short summary of an event in Wes's life, I will refer to the "good" Wes as Wes and the "bad" as Moore so as not to cause confusion. Wes was young and agreed to go with a friend, they did but were stopped by the police. “Wes couldn’t believe it. He was being arrested. Then again, maybe that was the direction he had been heading in for a while. I see kids like you here every day. If you don't get smart, I'm sure I'll see you again. His life was going in a bad direction, similar to Moore's, but the officer gave him another chance, one that Moore didn't get. When Moore was caught by his brother, instead of an officer, he was beaten by him. Her brother attacked and her mother had to stop him. “He was dealing before he was 10, by 18 he had people working for him.” Moore wanted to follow in his brother's footsteps and got caught. 'The next decision was his' About 10 years later, a Sun article covered the case of two brothers wanted for killing officers during a jewelry store robbery in Baltimore County. It was Moore who shot him. He was sentenced to life in prison after escaping the death penalty by confessing to the murder. After hearing this, Wes discovered that they both lost their fathers, shared a name, were born in Maryland at almost the exact same age, did poorly in school as children, and had problems with the police . After learning this, he came up with the idea of ​​collaborating with each other on a story he was going to write, called "The Other Wes Moore". Keep in mind: this is just a sample. Get a custom paper from our expert writers now.Get a custom essay The two met at the prison, where Moore told Wes how he found himself in the situation that landed him in prison and as a criminal in the first place. Both Moores had the same past and were trying to get out of the terrible life they were dragged into, but Moore couldn't escape, unlike Wes, who was given a second chance by a police officer. The importance of the author showing us that a second chance can change our destiny is that the reader can reflect on the life these two lived and that if you make bad choices you may not have a second chance and eventually find yourself again. where you least want to be. Works Cited: Bradbury, R. (1977). The Martian Chronicles. Bantam books.