The Other Wes Moore Chapter #3

          From Chapter 3 both Wes' moved to different places hoping for a better life but sadly that's not what happened. An example of changes in his surroundings was “I was becoming too 

‘rich’ for the kids from the neighborhood and too ‘poor’ for the kids at  school. I had forgotten how to act naturally, thinking way too much in each situation and getting tangled in the contradictions between my two worlds.” This quote explains how Wes realized how his private school friends would never get along with his neighborhood friends because of their surrounding and life styles, which was another theme in the novel. Also the Other Wes was getting himself in a bad position which was trying weed and he tried to fit in with his friends, in the book it said “…he realized how time seemed to stop when he was high, how the drug made him forget everything else. And he understood, faintly, how addictive that feeling could be, and how easy it would be to make some money off selling that feeling to people who needed it.”This was an example for the Other Wes and this showed how instantly after moving he was near things harmful things, like drugs and gangs which was a big important theme. Another example that was similar for the Other Wes in making bad decisions and thinking them thoroughly was when it said "This game didn‘t require studying or exams. It didn‘t require a degree or vocational skills. All he needed was ambition. And guts. And, as Wes was soon to understand, and ability to live with constant fear." This showed how Wes was getting further with getting into drugs, and trying to get money from it caused him to want to do it more. Also another important theme was poverty and it affected Wes with his daily life, for an example it said "I tried to hide the fact that my family was so much poorer than everyone else‘s at school. Every week I sat down to create a schedule for my clothes. I had three good shirts and three good pairs of pants. I would rotate their order, mixing and matching so that each day I had on a fresh combination." These were some of the main themes in the third chapter in the novel.