Chapter 8: Surrounded AND Justification Paper3

Theme: Crimes

Quote 1: " "Five minutes!" the jumpmaster yelled from the front of a C-130 military aircraft. "Five minutes!" my entire chalk of Airborne candidates yelled back at him in the military's famous call- and - response cadence. We all knew what was next, and now we knew how long we had before it was time to face it. Five minutes." (pg.129)
Analysis 1: This quote represents how freewill from Wes's mother which was to make him join the military school caused Wes to continue his study in military and continue in advancing in pursuing his future career. What I mean is force from Wes's mother to make her son go to military school is considered freewill. And what ends up happening due to her decision to make her son go to military school, is her son ending up succeeding in military school and continuing in advancing in this branch of study.

Quote 2: "I realized that I had to make sure these schools knew my name regardless of what I did on the ninety feet of hardwood that had brought me to their attention. Just as military school had slowly grown on me, so had academic life." (pg130)
Analysis 2: It was fate that caused Wes to end up staying at military school as well as to become a sergeant. Yes it was his mother's freewill that made him go there but it was definitely fate that caused him to stay there especially when Wes tried to run away for the first time. It was faith that forced Wes to stay until he started to grow a fond for it and start wanting to stay there for his own pleasure. From this quote we can see how happy and pleased Wes was with going to military school and how well his life was starting to turn out especially his academics and military life.

Quote 3; "Wes took the face of his third and fourth children's mother in his hands and began to shake her. She lay on the couch, saliva dripping out of corners of her mouth...her pupils dilated and rolling to the back of her head , heroin still flowing through her veins." (pg137)
Analysis 3: This situation of Wes2 meeting and making kids with Cheryl is an example that supports the theme of freewill. Wes had already had two kids with Alicia so the fact that he would continue to mess with other girls even though he already has a family of his own was his choice. Wes going down to mess with Cheryl was clearly his own choice , so the situation where he was in on page 137 was a outcome of his freewill.

Quote 4: "By the end of the story, I was furious. First, at Shani for not punching Lateshia back, but then at Lateshia, who had the audacity to go after my sister." (pg, 78)

Analysis 4: Although the details are completely different, the sibling relationship between Wes1 and his little sister Shani & the sibling relationship between Wes2 and his brother Tony assemble each other. The older sibling, having the mentality to always on the look out and protecting their younger ones.

Quote 5: "I was a little shaken as we walked back home in the twilight. little things like this had a way of escalating into blood feuds. Big brothers called bigger brothers, who called crews." (pg79)

Analysis 5: Just given of this description, kind of reminds or relates back to of Jusitn's cautious journey he would always have to do while traveling back home.

Justification Paper #3

     In part 3, Paths Taken and Expectations Fulfilled is basically the concluding and ending of both Wes Moore's. Wes Moore #1 is now continuing his life and career as a lieutenant as well as deepening his study with the Rhodes Scholarship. While Wes Moore#2, his life is rather the opposite of Wes1 and is not imprisoned for the crime that he was claimed to have committed. The title, Paths Taken and Expectations Fulfilled is appropriate with the authors purpose of summarizing he basic end of the 2 Wes' lives such as the different paths that they've taken as well as what they've accomplished out of life.
     In 7, page 129 we begin part 3 with seeing how Wes Moore 1 is continuing his study as a military leader. He goes through different experiences such as jumping off a plane or in chapter 8 page 162 where he decides to take the Rhodes Scholarship and go to South Africa to learn more about the world. This shows how Wes1 decided that his path was to continue his life as a lieutenant and how he was able to accomplish what he wanted and was able to become the brand-new second lieutenant in the Army Reserve. Other the other hand, with Wes 2, in chapter 7 page 144 we see that Wes2 decides to cut himself out from the drugs industry and begin a new life by completing his GED requirements from Job Corps Center which was a place where people was given the chance to start over and complete their GED again. But later in chapter 8, we learn that Wes had committed a crime ( a path that was taken from him) and his outcome was jail.
     In conclusion, the title Paths Taken and Expectations Fulfilled is appropriate with the author's purpose to give a basic ending summary of both of the Wes' lives. The paths taken part of the titles represents the different choices both Wes's decide to make and how they decided they would continue life. And the Expectations fulfilled part of the title represents with each other the Wes Moore's got as a result of the paths they decided to take.