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Blanca P.
Faith can lead you to becoming successful with your goals and everything you want to accomplish .

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Blanca P.
Other Wes's mom believed that getting education would lead you to success and also get her out of the neighborhood she lived in .So that's why she wanted to keep going to school and was sad when she found out she couldn't go anymore because of money .

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When looking for refuge or redemption, you always have to understand that there are consequences to our actions. These consequences determine weather we get our redemption that we are longing for or we get worse in return.

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Other Wes's mom believed that getting an education was the key to success and escaping the struggle she was in. She pushed other Wes to do better in his schooling due to this belief.

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"He was my protector. That is the only 2 memories I have of my father. The other was when I watched him die." (Moore 11)

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Depressing
Heartfelt
intense
emotional

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Author Wes's mom reacts to this situation with very intense emotions due to the abuse that she went through when she was abused by Nikki's dad. No man should hit a woman or abuse a woman and Author Wes's mom makes sure that he knows that.

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Blanca P.
"My father was dead five hours after having been released from the hospital with the
simple instruction to “get some sleep.” The same hospital was now preparing to send his
body to the morgue. "(Wes Moore 14)

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sad
depressing
powerless
hurtful

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His mother reacts this way in situations like that because she went through the same things like abuse by Nikki's father. Author Wes's mom doesn't want him to become abusive. So she tells him that it isn't ok for him to hit females.

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Other Wes's mother believed that education was an escape from their dark reality. She viewed education as becoming successful and getting a good job

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"His normally strong features sagged in exhaustion, as if he were in the final hours of a battle he had been fighting for years" (Moore 13).

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Reminscent, sympathetic, depressing

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Author Wes's mother reacts this way because she was abused by Nikki's father. She tells author Wes that it's not okay to hit females

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If you have faith in yourself you can accomplish every goal you want

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She believed that education was the key to be successful in life so she wanted wes to get a good education and job

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The reason she acts like that in those type of situations because Wes's mom has been abused before by Nikki's dad, she wants to let him know hitting other females isn't a okay thing to do

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" His body was sprawled and writhing at the foot of the stairs hardly any sounds came from his mouth" (Wes Moore 13)

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Sad
tragic
depressing
heartfelt

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when you have faith you see your goal different and you focus on accomplish it. to get freedom and happiness at the end.

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Anger she frustrated - he learns its not okay to hit a women

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She thought education was the start of a good life, that is why she put pressured Wes to do better at schools.

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They could relate in the sense that being faithful and being on the path to redemption means to have to realize that all those things relate and play a part in it.

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"My father was dead five hours after having been released from the hospital with the simple instruction to "get some sleep" (Wes Moore 14)

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sad, depressing, intense

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she reacted like that because she experience that in the past and it was worse.

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Her struggle for an education impacts her son because pressured Wes to have a good educational outcome and did what she could to make sure it happens.

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"My mom vowed to never let another man put his hands on her." (Moore 10)

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Upset
tragic
depressing

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She reacts this way because she was abused before and didn't want her son to think that going down that path is acceptable.

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sad,worried,upset

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The way author Wes's mom reacts to that situation because she use to get abused, so she doesn't want her to son to end up abusive either and not to lay a hand on a women.

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Faith can help to align a moral code and could lead you to get the opportunities in life.

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She believed that the education is the key to success so she put pressure on Wes to get better job and good education.

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Wes's mom had delt with abuse before. He learned from his past to never hit a woman.

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“She was caught in a familiar trap for young women and girls- the fantasy that she alone could change her man.” (Moose Pg. 9)

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When one is alive, they have the profound privilege of choice—a chance of growth (faith) and redemption (moral righteousness). Continually, death is perceived as an end of freedom, a source of "bondage."

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Mary's struggle for an education impacts her son because she inevitably creates the foundation for her son; Mary is the orchestrator of her son's opportunities.

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"While I knew something bad had happened, I still wasn't sure what it meant," (Moore 19).

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1. Intense
2. Innocent
3. Curious

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Author Wes' mom gave Wes an intense reaction for hitting his sister because she had been in a abusive relationship with Nikki's father, Bill. Wes learned that he is to protect women, not harm them.

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You either have freedom or you're tied down to something

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If you have faith in yourself you can achieve great things and earn freedom in the future.

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"Mary was only a kid, but she made a pact with herself at that moment: she would get her education and leave the neighborhood no matter what it took."
(moore 19)

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Wes's mom knows how education is the most important thing and wants Wes to succeed so she tells him how important it is to get an education.

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Redemption is when you redeem and learn from the choices you make. When we are met with life or death, freedom or bondage, it changes our view on things and makes us want to grow.

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She believed that education would lead to success and a stable life

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"He took one final swig before calling the kids together. "sorry guys, Mom's dead" he finally blurted out."(Moore 22)

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She believed that education was one of the keys to success so she put that pressure onto Wes to get a good education and job.

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sad, upsetting, tragic

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" I was his main man. He was my protecter. That is the only two memories i have of my father. The other was when I watched him die," (moore 11).

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Sad, Tragic, Depressing

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Because she was abused by Nikki's dad and didn't want Wes to do the same thinking its okay

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Wes's mom had delt with abuse in the past so she wants him to know its not okay to hit a women.

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sad, reminiscent, thoughtful

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Wes mom remembered her experiences with abuse in her past relationship and does not want Wes to go down a dark path.

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The quote relates to faith because with faith, one can have life and freedom or escape death and bondage. Plus, with faith one can change a persons actions for the better.

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Wes's mom is worried that she won't have enough money to help her family, or the education to leave the neighborhood she doesn't want to be in.

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Her struggle for an education impacts Wes through pressure. Since her and her mother didn't get an education, she viewed it as a golden ticket and directly tied an education to success. It created pressure and motivation for Wes.

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"The letter Mary was hiding explained that the federal budget for Basic Educational Opportunity Grants-or Pell Grants-was being slashed, and her grant was being terminated." (Moore 17)

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sorrowful, tragic, peculiar

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Upsetting, powerless, curious

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Wes's mom reacts like that because she had been abused in the past. Wes learned that he's never supposed to hit a woman.

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She reacts that way because she didn't want to see her son be like his step father which hit Wes's mom.

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When having faith it could make someone believe things will be ok and make life easier.

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Wes’s mom is worried she won’t able to give enough money to help with her son for him to live and be in comfortable life.

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Sad, disappointing, glooming

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She reacted this way because she didn’t want he son to be like his father, who was abusive.

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Wes's mother reacted the way she did due to the fact that she was abused in a past relationship. Which leads to the author Wes, learning to never mistreat someone.

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When you have faith in something you start to act differently to get a certain outcome. Faith can change a persons actions and make them a better person.

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Heart- rending, demoralizing, sad

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Faith can help many align to a moral code or a path to redemption.

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Her education was the way out of her neighborhood where Wes could have had a better outcome in his life.

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If she didnt get a good education she didnt get a good job. So she stated on the base floor of jobs, with bad pay it cause more impoverty in Wes life.

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"She responded, her oice as emotionless as she could make it" (Moore 25)

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"I looked back up at my and saw him gasping for air, holding his throat." (Moore 13)

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Through life and even death you can redeem yourself

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Having faith can lead you to put the right people and opportunities in your life

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It impacts Wes by making him want to work harder not only for his mom but also himself but at the moment he wanted to get a job to help his mother.

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Her grant being taken away from her caused a significant dent in her financial situation; which reflects on how her son ends up living through his childhood. So food and water could run short

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"My mom vowed to never let another man put his hands on her"(Moore 10)

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through life and death as well as freedom or bondage its good to always have faith because certain things happen for a reason and having faith and hoping for a better outcome is better than giving up.

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sad, heart-wrenching, dark

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Depressing, Downhearted, Instructive

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" His body was sprawled and writhing at the foot of the stairs. " (Moore, 13)

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Upsetting, Hopeless, and Scared

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She reacts to this and refelcts apon the abuse she has felt. Author Wes learns not to abuse anyone.

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she believed that if she didn't get a good education and a good job she wouldn't be able to take care for Wes and make enough money to do so.

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Sympathetic, Gloomy, Reflective

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saddening, upsetting, curious

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The mom reacted that way because she used to get abused in her past relationship. Author Wes learned that it is not okay to hit people, mostly women.

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"I was his main man. He was my protector.
That is the only two memories I have of my father. The other was when I watched him die."(moore 11)

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Wes's mom reacts that way because of her past husband who was abusive to her and doesn't want her son to be like that and Wes learned that it's wrong.

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Wes' mom reacts to him hitting his sister in the manner she did because she suffered from her past relationship of the same concept. Wes learns to not put his hands on a woman.

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reminiscent,depressing,unpredictable

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She reacted that way to du personal experience's in the past. He learns that he should never hit a woman.

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Having hopefulness and faith is important for the mind, it makes things better to have a positive outlook

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She knows education is important, its the key to success in life to have an education.

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"alma seemed disturbed" pg 21