The Other Wes Moore
Both boys in the Other Wes Moore fall in the same category at the risk factors. This is because Wes Moore as explained by the book grew much in poverty. His life and that of his family was challenging as they grew up due to the death of their father. His live and his behaviors advanced after he was sent to the military schools. After getting the education he decides to visit the other Wes Moore in prison to talk about their past (Wes, 1). The other Wes Moore had also the difficult life as he grew due to the absence of his father. He grew up in the streets and sold drugs, he robbed a certain store and planned for the death of one of the police officers and this made him have a life sentence. He can be said to have grown out of poverty and lack of education (Wes, 67).
The similarity that the two boys went through was that they had the same life challenges. The boys faced what the other young men go through as they faced poverty and other legacies of elimination and with low prospect. The difference between the two boys is that despite the growing under poverty, one of them was lucky to have the military education (Wes, 96).
The research that the NCCP is doing in order to help find the answers to the community problems is by measuring the poverty status by a narrow income standard. This research does not consider the imperfect housing or debts. The research shows that the current poverty standard shows that families spend much of their income on food thus making an increase in the poverty level by multiplying the food costs. Thus the research brings the conclusion in that the American families need an income of about twice the national poverty level so as to meet their main basic needs (Gunn, Jeanne, Aber, 13)
Work cited
Moore, Wes. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates. New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2011. Print.
Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne, Greg J. Duncan, and J L. Aber. Neighborhood Poverty: Context and Consequences for Children. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1997. Print.
