Theme: Single Mother
Quote 1:
"Their mom was usually out of the house by 8:30 and didn't come back until well in the evening."
Wes 2's mother Mary Moore was already shown as a hard-worker in Chapter 1. The single mother theme develops in the beginning of Chapter 2 in showing that throughout Wes 2's childhood, Mary was absent and working in order to put food on the table.
Quote 2:
"Her mother had let her know that there would always be an open door for her in the Bronx if she needed it. But my mother had been determined to stick it out in the home she'd bought with her husband. Until now.
'Mom, if it's still all right, I think we need to move up there. I can't do this alone anymore.' "
The Single Mother theme develops by showing that its important to a single-parent household's success that the parent's family is supportive. It also shows that single mothers will sacrifice everything to make their children's future stable and successful.
Theme: Role Model
Quote 1:
"His brother, six years older, was the closest thing Wes had to a caretaker during the daylight hours and was fiercely protective of the little brother who idolized him."
Tony, Wes 2's older brother, is a 14 year old when we first see him. He lives with his father most of the time in the projects, and is rarely home at Mary Moore and Wes 2's house. In Chapter 2, the Role Model theme develops while showing that even when Tony's away and Mary's at work, Tony tries hard to raise Wes 2 to be a better person.
Quote 2:
"Wes sighed into the phone. He had heard it before. He loved his brother but had learned to ignore his occasional 'do as I say, not as I do' tirades."
Tony tries to mold Wes 2 into the person that he himself wants to be. Unfortunately, the theme of Role Model develops more in Chapter 2 to show that sometimes just having a role model that tells you to do something doesn't instill the need to do it.
Quote 3:
"But no matter how tough he was, or how many corners he controlled, what Tony really wanted was to go back in time, to before he'd gotten himself so deep into the game, and do it all over. He wanted to be like Wes."
Tony is trying to be a role model for Wes 2, and in doing so, the theme of Role Model develops by portraying Tony as living vicariously through Wes 2 in order to relieve himself of his own guilt.
Quote 1:
"Their mom was usually out of the house by 8:30 and didn't come back until well in the evening."
Wes 2's mother Mary Moore was already shown as a hard-worker in Chapter 1. The single mother theme develops in the beginning of Chapter 2 in showing that throughout Wes 2's childhood, Mary was absent and working in order to put food on the table.
Quote 2:
"Her mother had let her know that there would always be an open door for her in the Bronx if she needed it. But my mother had been determined to stick it out in the home she'd bought with her husband. Until now.
'Mom, if it's still all right, I think we need to move up there. I can't do this alone anymore.' "
The Single Mother theme develops by showing that its important to a single-parent household's success that the parent's family is supportive. It also shows that single mothers will sacrifice everything to make their children's future stable and successful.
Theme: Role Model
Quote 1:
"His brother, six years older, was the closest thing Wes had to a caretaker during the daylight hours and was fiercely protective of the little brother who idolized him."
Tony, Wes 2's older brother, is a 14 year old when we first see him. He lives with his father most of the time in the projects, and is rarely home at Mary Moore and Wes 2's house. In Chapter 2, the Role Model theme develops while showing that even when Tony's away and Mary's at work, Tony tries hard to raise Wes 2 to be a better person.
Quote 2:
"Wes sighed into the phone. He had heard it before. He loved his brother but had learned to ignore his occasional 'do as I say, not as I do' tirades."
Tony tries to mold Wes 2 into the person that he himself wants to be. Unfortunately, the theme of Role Model develops more in Chapter 2 to show that sometimes just having a role model that tells you to do something doesn't instill the need to do it.
Quote 3:
"But no matter how tough he was, or how many corners he controlled, what Tony really wanted was to go back in time, to before he'd gotten himself so deep into the game, and do it all over. He wanted to be like Wes."
Tony is trying to be a role model for Wes 2, and in doing so, the theme of Role Model develops by portraying Tony as living vicariously through Wes 2 in order to relieve himself of his own guilt.
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