The Importance of Good Mentors
While reading the last two chapters and epilogue of The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates, by Wes Moore, the theme of the importance of mentors kept popping up in my mind. Both Wes Moores start their life lacking father figures, and by early childhood are scattering to find different adults to look up to in order to fill that hole. I believe that the moment that these two seemingly parallel lives begin to branch off into their own paths is when the other Wes starts to look up to Tony, and when Wes begins to look up to his mother and surrounding family members. In fact, Wes Moore credits much of his success to him. He writes, “What changed was that I found myself surrounded by people-starting with my mom, grandparents, uncles, aunts, and leading to a string of wonderful role models and mentors-who kept pushing me to see more than what was directly in front of me, to see the boundless possibilities within myself” (Moore 180). Wes Moore had that support syste