For many people reading the story of the other Wes Moore, the first reference they'll likely think of is HBO's "The Wire." How do you think that show affected the city of Baltimore?
From a P.R. perspective I don't know if it was the greatest thing for Baltimore, but it forced Baltimorians to have a conversation among ourselves about the city we want to be. It exposed parts of the city that even Baltimorians didn't know much about. We often don't understand what's happening elsewhere in our own city, which is fascinating. I think a lot cities have this split personality, but Baltimore really is a tale of two cities. A lot of folks in East Baltimore don't know West Baltimore.
There was a recent NPR piece arguing that your book represents a new way of looking at the black American family. Do you think that's true?
There's this whole idea of talking about the black family, and thinking, "This is who the black family is." But it's extraordinarily complicated. It's like saying, here's the Latino family. I think the book helps show the complexity of the black family - the fact we have families that are mixed immigrants, different family members enmeshed in different problems and trying to break free. Sometimes broad strokes do more harm than good.
Do you think it would have made a big difference in you life if a black president had been elected during your childhood?
I think it's fantastic we have President Obama. But if that kid in West Baltimore or in the Mississippi Delta can't see him or herself in that position - if it can't be real to them - it's not going to mean a whole lot. It's not just about putting more faces in positions of power, it's about helping that power translate to those kids. When people become involved in my life, and taught me to dream and think I could do X, Y, and Z as long as I was willing to work for it, that happened regardless of who was in the office. That was something I needed to do personally
Source: http://www.salon.com/2010/05/09/wes_moore_interview/
Friday, December 18, 2015
Wes Moore: Salon Interview IIII
Both you and the other Wes Moore make some bad decisions - at one point he tries to stab somebody - because you are unwilling to lose face. Do you think the culture of machismo among many young black men is part of the problem?
I think there is a larger problem in terms of understanding what manhood is. We have so many families in so many situations where people don't have men in the home, so they don't know what manhood really means. There are so many women across the country who have the extraordinary burden of raising their children on their own. My mom said, ¨I can try to teach you how to be a good human being, but I can never teach you how to be a man.¨
We need to have a stronger system of support in order for that to change. Seeing so many kids feeling so alone and looking for acceptance, if we're not willing to show these kids a larger sense of community, those guys in the gangs will. One of the great things about this book was creating ties with organizations across the country doing work with communities and kids that are largely forgotten about.
Another new memoir, Thomas Chatterton Williams' "Losing My Cool," argues that hip-hop has a toxic effect on the black community. Do you think that's true?
When a lot of kids listen to music and look at movies, they can't tell the difference between fact and fiction. But I think it's as difficult to throw a blanket over hip-hop, as it is over any musical genre. I think it has a clear responsibility as far as the level of influence it has. I've listened to it since its inception. It was a burgeoning musical genre in the Bronx when I was growing up, and it has grown with me. It's like other musical genres - some is fantastic, and some is not.
Source: http://www.salon.com/2010/05/09/wes_moore_interview/
Wes Moore: Salon Interview III
"In the book, you credit the military for setting you on the right path. But a lot of people see the military as an institution that preys on men in disadvantaged situations."
Have there been problems with the military, historically? Absolutely! I can't ignore them, but to say the military is an unfair institution that feeds by preying on people is, I think, unfair by any stretch of the imagination.
It's something I had to wrestle with. I come from a community and a family that is very skeptical of the military, and, in some ways, has thought it hasn't always lived up to its creed. I know the man I am has a lot to do with my military training, and the soldiers I went through combat with. It gave me the opportunity to pay for college, and some of my proudest moments have occurred while wearing the uniform. And it's worth remembering that the military has led the charge for a lot of social issues. Desegregation occurred in the military before it did in the rest of society. It has concepts of equal pay and equal worth for men and women, which society still doesn't have.
"As your book suggests, a lot of poor Americans aren't getting the help they need from public institutions. Does that ever make you question your decision to fight for the country?"
My grandparents grew up at a time when, if they were driving through the country, they would make sure they eat whenever they could because you never know when the next place will come that will allow black people in. Are there still systemic problems? Absolutely! But I think about the level of progress that we have made, and the country that I would like to see in the future.
Source: http://www.salon.com/2010/05/09/wes_moore_interview/
Have there been problems with the military, historically? Absolutely! I can't ignore them, but to say the military is an unfair institution that feeds by preying on people is, I think, unfair by any stretch of the imagination.
It's something I had to wrestle with. I come from a community and a family that is very skeptical of the military, and, in some ways, has thought it hasn't always lived up to its creed. I know the man I am has a lot to do with my military training, and the soldiers I went through combat with. It gave me the opportunity to pay for college, and some of my proudest moments have occurred while wearing the uniform. And it's worth remembering that the military has led the charge for a lot of social issues. Desegregation occurred in the military before it did in the rest of society. It has concepts of equal pay and equal worth for men and women, which society still doesn't have.
"As your book suggests, a lot of poor Americans aren't getting the help they need from public institutions. Does that ever make you question your decision to fight for the country?"
My grandparents grew up at a time when, if they were driving through the country, they would make sure they eat whenever they could because you never know when the next place will come that will allow black people in. Are there still systemic problems? Absolutely! But I think about the level of progress that we have made, and the country that I would like to see in the future.
Source: http://www.salon.com/2010/05/09/wes_moore_interview/
Wes Moore: Salon Interview II
"The most heartbreaking part of the book occurs when the other Wes Moore almost ends up leaving the drug trade, thanks to a job training program called Job Corps - but then he gets sucked back in. What went wrong?"
What we saw in the case of Wes is actually typical and illustrative of the situation that you have with ex-cons. Many of these people are disillusioned with school. They don't have college degrees. They have a record so they're not legally eligible for a lot of jobs, and to that, you add the burden of children. They're often not welcomed by their family or have precarious relations with them, and we're asking them to become upstanding members of society.
That was one of the most heartbreaking interviews with Wes, when we met specifically to talk about that. After that I went to my car, and I was unable to drive for half an hour because I was trying to absorb how close he was to doing something with himself, and yet how far he was and didn't even know. We need to figure out a better way to address recidivism in this country and find a better way to help those people who have served their debt to society, because we can't continue to pay for this financially and morally - having people with rap sheets as long as their arm because in many cases they don't know any other way.
"Now that you've written the book, what lesson do we take from your stories? What made you succeed where he failed?"
There is no one answer. We weren't responsible for the neighborhoods we happened to be born in. There are lots of issues that affect these kinds of outcomes: the abilities of families to use leverage to change their situation, their ability to support a child, the ability to give children the sense that they belong to something bigger than themselves.
Source: http://www.salon.com/2010/05/09/wes_moore_interview/
What we saw in the case of Wes is actually typical and illustrative of the situation that you have with ex-cons. Many of these people are disillusioned with school. They don't have college degrees. They have a record so they're not legally eligible for a lot of jobs, and to that, you add the burden of children. They're often not welcomed by their family or have precarious relations with them, and we're asking them to become upstanding members of society.
That was one of the most heartbreaking interviews with Wes, when we met specifically to talk about that. After that I went to my car, and I was unable to drive for half an hour because I was trying to absorb how close he was to doing something with himself, and yet how far he was and didn't even know. We need to figure out a better way to address recidivism in this country and find a better way to help those people who have served their debt to society, because we can't continue to pay for this financially and morally - having people with rap sheets as long as their arm because in many cases they don't know any other way.
"Now that you've written the book, what lesson do we take from your stories? What made you succeed where he failed?"
There is no one answer. We weren't responsible for the neighborhoods we happened to be born in. There are lots of issues that affect these kinds of outcomes: the abilities of families to use leverage to change their situation, their ability to support a child, the ability to give children the sense that they belong to something bigger than themselves.
Source: http://www.salon.com/2010/05/09/wes_moore_interview/
Wes Moore: Salon Interview I
Salon spoke to Moore over the phone about the lessons of his book, the meaning of Barack Obama and the complicated blessings of the American military.
"You came up with the idea for the book after seeing the articles about Wes Moore's trial. Aside from your names, what do you both have in common?"
When he was arrested he was only a few blocks from where I was living. We both grew up in single-parent homes with our mothers, since we didn't have fathers in the household. Even when we were growing up in the different neighborhoods - Baltimore and the Bronx- the tenor of them was similar. We both got disillusioned by school at an early age, and had run-ins with the police.
"And then you decided to contact him in prison ... "
It initially started as pure curiosity on my part. He was actually much more open than I thought. I was surprised he wrote back to my letter. He started by saying when you're in prison you think nobody knows you exist anymore, and he just literally went point by point for every question.
Then I realized there might be a larger story to be told. There were two main factors that made me think I should write this book. One was that I thought about the police officer's family, and the tremendous tragedy that happened to them. The second was something that Wes told me. He said, "Listen, I have wasted every opportunity that I've ever had and I'm going to die in here, so if you can do something to make a difference, you should do it."
Source: http://www.salon.com/2010/05/09/wes_moore_interview/
"You came up with the idea for the book after seeing the articles about Wes Moore's trial. Aside from your names, what do you both have in common?"
When he was arrested he was only a few blocks from where I was living. We both grew up in single-parent homes with our mothers, since we didn't have fathers in the household. Even when we were growing up in the different neighborhoods - Baltimore and the Bronx- the tenor of them was similar. We both got disillusioned by school at an early age, and had run-ins with the police.
"And then you decided to contact him in prison ... "
It initially started as pure curiosity on my part. He was actually much more open than I thought. I was surprised he wrote back to my letter. He started by saying when you're in prison you think nobody knows you exist anymore, and he just literally went point by point for every question.
Then I realized there might be a larger story to be told. There were two main factors that made me think I should write this book. One was that I thought about the police officer's family, and the tremendous tragedy that happened to them. The second was something that Wes told me. He said, "Listen, I have wasted every opportunity that I've ever had and I'm going to die in here, so if you can do something to make a difference, you should do it."
Source: http://www.salon.com/2010/05/09/wes_moore_interview/
How Wes Moore met Wes Moore part I
In late 2000, Wes Moore, an ex-military officer and soon-to-be Rhodes scholar, came across a series of articles in the Baltimore Sun that caught his attention. They chronicled the aftermath of a robbery gone awry: A few months earlier a group of armed men had broken into a Baltimore jewelry store, and in the process of making their escape, shot and killed an off-duty police officer named Bruce Prothero. It wasn't just the violence of the act that shocked Moore, it was the name of one of the suspects: Wes Moore.
Several years later, when Moore returned from his studies at Oxford, the story continued to haunt him. Here were two men with the same name, from the same city, even the same age, and two dramatically different trajectories. In the hopes of finding out why, Moore began writing and visiting "The Other Wes Moore."
Both, as it turns out, grew up in single-parent households with working-class mothers, in neighborhoods filled with crime and drugs. But while one Wes Moore was saved from delinquency and falling grades by transferring to military school, the other Wes fathered several children, surrounded by addicts, and fell deep into the drug trade before he eventually ended up behind bars for the rest of his life.
Several years later, when Moore returned from his studies at Oxford, the story continued to haunt him. Here were two men with the same name, from the same city, even the same age, and two dramatically different trajectories. In the hopes of finding out why, Moore began writing and visiting "The Other Wes Moore."
Both, as it turns out, grew up in single-parent households with working-class mothers, in neighborhoods filled with crime and drugs. But while one Wes Moore was saved from delinquency and falling grades by transferring to military school, the other Wes fathered several children, surrounded by addicts, and fell deep into the drug trade before he eventually ended up behind bars for the rest of his life.
Wes Moore: Final Sentence (actual article) part III
Brobst said that McFadden testified before a grand jury that a necklace found at the scene belonged to Wesley Moore and was given to him by her brother. But she recanted at Moore's trial, testifying that she had been pressured by police to say the necklace belonged to Moore.
McFadden's testimony didn't damage the state's case. Jurors were told that McFadden was Moore's girlfriend and a police technician testified that he found Moore's skin cells on the necklace.
After the hearing yesterday, Brobst also prosecuted Moore for violating terms of a 1966 probation by committing the murder.
Court records show that county Circuit Judge J. Norris Byrnes sentenced Moore to four years' supervised probation Sept. 19,1996, after he was convicted of distribution of cocaine for selling a $20 bag of crack cocaine on Tidewater Lane in Chase.
Yesterday, Byrnes sentenced Moore to a concurrent five-year term for violating the law while on probation.
Source: http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2001-06-09/entertainment/bal-wes-moore-prothero-0430_1_prothero-case-ann-prothero-richard-antonio-moore
Wes Moore: Final Sentence (actual article) part II
Donald Antonio White Jr., 19, and Troy White, 23, both of Baltimore, each were sentenced to life without the possibility of parole last fall after they were convicted by separate juries of felony murder.
Richard Moore, 30, of Baltimore, was charged as the shooter and avoided a possible death sentence April 30 by pleading guilty to felony murder in exchange for a sentence of life without parole.
Paul DeWolfe, Wesley Moore's lawyer, had asked Smith for a sentence that would give Moore the chance of parole.
DeWolfe said that Moore has converted to Islam in jail, considers himself a father figure to his four children and talks to them almost every day on the telephone. he also emphasized that a few years ago, Moore participated in an eight-month Job Corps program that taught him construction skills and that he led a crime-free life from 1997 until a few weeks before the killing.
But Assistant State's Attorney S. Ann Brobst told Smith yesterday that as a participant in the murder, Moore caused "immeasurable" pain. "The victim impact (statement) shows this murder caused a pain so immeasurable, not only in the lives of his family members, but in the community as a whole," Brobst said.
Moments after the hearing, Detective Philip Marll, the lead investigator on the case, arrested Wesley Moore's girlfriend, Parcha McFadden, took her out of the courtroom in handcuffs and charged her with perjury for her testimony during Moore's trial.
McFadden, 24, of the 1100 block of W. Saratoga St. in Baltimore, was being held last night at the Balitmore County Detention Center on $50,000 bail.
Source: http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2001-06-09/entertainment/bal-wes-moore-prothero-0430_1_prothero-case-ann-prothero-richard-antonio-moore
Source: http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2001-06-09/entertainment/bal-wes-moore-prothero-0430_1_prothero-case-ann-prothero-richard-antonio-moore
Wes Moore: Final Sentence (actual article)
"The final defendant to be sentenced in the killing of Baltimore County police Sgt. Bruce A. Prothero was given life without the possibility of parole yesterday by a judge who compared the crime to a 'Wild West' shootout.
Wesley Moore, 25, showed no emotion as Baltimore County Circuit Judge James T. Smith Jr. sentenced him, but the victim's widow sobbed quietly during the hearing.
'You committed an act like something out of the Wild West, and you didn't even realize how outrageous it was,' Smith said. 'That makes you a very dangerous person."
Prothero, 35, was shot three times Feb. 7, 2000, as he chased four men out of J. Brown Jewelers on Reisterstown Road during a robbery at the store, where he was working a second job as a security guard. After yesterday's sentencing, Prothero's widow, Ann Prothero, said she is trying to cope with the loss of her husband and to do her best to raise their five children. 'I have five children, and I do what I can to take care of them,' she said.
Moore declined to comment yesterday.
Prothero's family thanked prosecutors and expressed relief that Moore's no-parole life sentence means that all four defendants convicted in the killing will spend their lives behind bars.
Moore was convicted of felony murder April 2 based on testimony that he and his half-brother, Richard Antonio Moore, held clerks and customers at gunpoint while two accomplices smashed jewelry cases. The four men fled with more than $400,000 worth of watches, according to testimony."
Source: http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2001-06-09/entertainment/bal-wes-moore-prothero-0430_1_prothero-case-ann-prothero-richard-antonio-moore
to be continued....
Wesley Moore, 25, showed no emotion as Baltimore County Circuit Judge James T. Smith Jr. sentenced him, but the victim's widow sobbed quietly during the hearing.
'You committed an act like something out of the Wild West, and you didn't even realize how outrageous it was,' Smith said. 'That makes you a very dangerous person."
Prothero, 35, was shot three times Feb. 7, 2000, as he chased four men out of J. Brown Jewelers on Reisterstown Road during a robbery at the store, where he was working a second job as a security guard. After yesterday's sentencing, Prothero's widow, Ann Prothero, said she is trying to cope with the loss of her husband and to do her best to raise their five children. 'I have five children, and I do what I can to take care of them,' she said.
Moore declined to comment yesterday.
Prothero's family thanked prosecutors and expressed relief that Moore's no-parole life sentence means that all four defendants convicted in the killing will spend their lives behind bars.
Moore was convicted of felony murder April 2 based on testimony that he and his half-brother, Richard Antonio Moore, held clerks and customers at gunpoint while two accomplices smashed jewelry cases. The four men fled with more than $400,000 worth of watches, according to testimony."
Source: http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2001-06-09/entertainment/bal-wes-moore-prothero-0430_1_prothero-case-ann-prothero-richard-antonio-moore
to be continued....
Wes Moore: Literary Career
Wes Moore is a successful author. He wrote his first book, The Other Wes Moore, in 2010. This book and The Work are New York Times Bestsellers. Additionally, Discovering Wes Moore is a Young Adult edition of his bestselling book, and This Way Home is his first Young Adult novel that was released in the Fall of 2015.
The Other Wes Moore is the story of two young Baltimore boys that share name and a similar history, but travel down very different paths. While both grew up fatherless with troubled pasts, one became a Rhodes scholar and leader, and the other was convicted of murder and is currently serving a life sentence. Wes Moore sets out to answer what made the difference through telling the story of young men trying to find their way in a seemingly broken world. The Other Wes Moore has been on both the NY Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller list.
Discovering Wes Moore is the Young Adult adaption to The Other Wes Moore. This book acts as a cautionary tale that is more accessible to a younger audience while maintaining the powerful message and story that was set out in The Other Wes Moore.
The Work provides a tale of finding purpose and passion through the work a person does. This book retraces Wes's experiences around the globe that have led him to find his passion. In addition he tells the stories of a dozen other "change makers" and how they found their paths to purpose.
This Way Home is a young adult novel about a high school star basketball player. Elijah faces a struggle that emerges from a standoff with a local gang after they attempt to recruit him to their basketball team. Elijah refuses to play for them and is faced with the consequences. Taking place in a pivotal time of a young adult's journey, this story is about discovering what truly matters in life.
The Other Wes Moore is the story of two young Baltimore boys that share name and a similar history, but travel down very different paths. While both grew up fatherless with troubled pasts, one became a Rhodes scholar and leader, and the other was convicted of murder and is currently serving a life sentence. Wes Moore sets out to answer what made the difference through telling the story of young men trying to find their way in a seemingly broken world. The Other Wes Moore has been on both the NY Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller list.
Discovering Wes Moore is the Young Adult adaption to The Other Wes Moore. This book acts as a cautionary tale that is more accessible to a younger audience while maintaining the powerful message and story that was set out in The Other Wes Moore.
The Work provides a tale of finding purpose and passion through the work a person does. This book retraces Wes's experiences around the globe that have led him to find his passion. In addition he tells the stories of a dozen other "change makers" and how they found their paths to purpose.
This Way Home is a young adult novel about a high school star basketball player. Elijah faces a struggle that emerges from a standoff with a local gang after they attempt to recruit him to their basketball team. Elijah refuses to play for them and is faced with the consequences. Taking place in a pivotal time of a young adult's journey, this story is about discovering what truly matters in life.
Author Wes: Early Life and Career
Wesley Watende Omari Moore was born in 1978. He is an American author, social entrepreneur, producer, political analyst, and decorated US Army officer. He wrote The Other Wes Moore and The Work, both of which are New York Times Bestsellers. He was also the host for Beyond Belief on the Oprah Winfrey Network and the Executive Producer/Writer for Coming Back with Wes Moore on PBS. Currently, Wes is the founder and CEO of Bridge EdU, which is a social enterprise dedicated to reinventing the Freshman Year and creating a softer on-ramp to higher education for students entering their freshman year in college. Wes Moore was born in Maryland to Westley and Joy. Westly was a journalist and a newscaster. Joy was from Lowe River, Jamaica. When Moore was three, he witnessed his father's death. After his father died, Joy took her children to live in the Bronx with their grandparents. While in the Bronx, Wes attended Riverdale County School. At school, Wes encountered academic and disciplinary troubles. When Wes's grades declined and he became involved in petty crime, his mother enrolled him in Valley Forge Military Academy. After high school, Wes graduated Phi Theta Kappa from Valley Forge Military College, a Junior College in Pennsylvania. He went on to attend Johns Hopkins University and graduated in 2001. Immediately after, he attended Oxford University as a Rhodes scholar where he earned a Masters Degree in international relations. While living in London, Wes started a career in finance at Deutsche Bank in the international trade and finance division, but in 2005 he left to utilize his training as a paratrooper and joined the 82nd Airborne Division of the U.S. Army in Afghanistan. Wes led a team of paratroopers and special operators who were trained in civil affairs, psychological operations, information operations and various other special operations command disciplines. Among the many awards he received was the Combat Action Badge. Upon his return to the United States, Wes was accepted as a White House Fellow. He placed within the State Department's Office of U.S Foreign Assistance Resources where he tracked foreign aid to ensure it was being properly used. He served at the White House for one year, then returned to New York to work in finance at Citigroup.
The Other Wes Moore: Chapter 1
In chapter one, both Wes Moore's are introduced. Wes Moore, the author, and Wes Moore the criminal are the main focus of the story. It starts off by telling an event that happened when the author Wes was a child. The author Wes only has two memories of his father. The first one is explained. He and his sister were playing around and he ended up hitting her. His mother saw him and immediately let him know that he was in the wrong and sent him to his room. His father comes up stairs to comfort him, and Wes tells why his mother was so upset with him. His mother was mentally, physically, and emotionally abused by her previous husband. She explained to Wes that a man should never lay his hands on a woman, and Wes never laid his hands on another girl. The other memory Wes had was that of his father's death. This would have been a traumatic time for Wes, but being only 3 years old, he didn't really know what was going on. Wes's father suffered from a condition that could have been treated if he had been diagnosed properly, but the doctors just blew him off. That night, his father passed away.
The other Wes Moore had a slightly different story. Wes never met his father, and his father decided to walk out. His mother, Mary, was his only provider. She had a job as a secretary and it provided enough to keep the family going, but she knew that it wouldn't last. Mary got pregnant with her first son at sixteen, and promised her mother that she would attend college. However her mother's kidneys were failing and she passed away from a failed kidney transplant. Mary's grandparents then moved in to help Mary and her siblings. Mary then got remarried and had one child, but the relationship did not last and Mary was left alone to raise two children. Mary's second husband once tried to help, but he reeked of alcohol and was obviously drunk so Mary did not let him interfere.
Wes Moore and Wes Moore come from similar neighborhoods, and they both live with only their mother. They could have easily had the same story, but one had more encouragement and determination than the other.
The other Wes Moore had a slightly different story. Wes never met his father, and his father decided to walk out. His mother, Mary, was his only provider. She had a job as a secretary and it provided enough to keep the family going, but she knew that it wouldn't last. Mary got pregnant with her first son at sixteen, and promised her mother that she would attend college. However her mother's kidneys were failing and she passed away from a failed kidney transplant. Mary's grandparents then moved in to help Mary and her siblings. Mary then got remarried and had one child, but the relationship did not last and Mary was left alone to raise two children. Mary's second husband once tried to help, but he reeked of alcohol and was obviously drunk so Mary did not let him interfere.
Wes Moore and Wes Moore come from similar neighborhoods, and they both live with only their mother. They could have easily had the same story, but one had more encouragement and determination than the other.
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Daisy Buchanan
Daisy Buchanan is one of the characters that are hard to read at first. She seems harmless in the beginning. She seems as though she is just a free-thinker who is in a way admirable. She would be admirable because of her take on life. She possesses the mind-set of “living in the moment.” However, her careless lifestyle leads her to manipulate people naturally and without a second thought. This leads the reader to realize that Daisy is also one of the despicable characters. Daisy has so much power and control of Gatsby and his fate. Because of her, Gatsby went from rags to riches in order to impress Daisy and get himself to a place where he would be eligible to be with her. Daisy is also a little self-centered. “Do they miss me? She cried ecstatically.” This displays that Daisy thinks so highly of herself that she believes a whole city is in mourning over her moving to New York. She contradicts herself throughout the story. When Nick invites Daisy over to tea, Daisy insisted that Nick had to be in love with her, because he asked her to come alone. She is completely irrational, and she thinks everything is about her. She feels badly towards Tom, because she knows that he is having an affair with another woman; however, she is hypocritical about Tom being with another woman, because she is still in love with Mr. Jay Gatsby. Granted, Tom’s situation is more sinful than Daisy’s, but in perspective, they are very similar. Towards the end of the story, Gatsby tells Daisy that she needs to tell Tom that she never loved him. Daisy claimed that she cannot do this because it is simply not true, and she tells them that she has loved both of them. Daisy is a professional at leading people on throughout the novel. It is hard to look past the fact that even though she is married, she continues to pursue Jay Gatsby. When talking about her daughter, she states, “And I hope she’ll be a fool - that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.” Daisy does not genuinely care for her daughter. She is more in love with the idea of having a daughter than the daughter herself. No genuine and dedicated mother would wish upon her daughter to be a “beautiful little fool.” Daisy seems to be admirable in the beginning, but, with further analysis, the reader can clearly infer that Daisy is more destructive than constructive.
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