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OCT 15, 1978 Westley Watende Omari Moore is born
born Westley Watende Omari Moore, on October 15,1978. "My first name,Westley, is my father's. I have two middle names, a compromise between my parents." (Moore,6) -
APR 17, 1982 Wes' father dies from acute epiglottis.
Wes' father dies from acute epiglottis. "He lay in the casket with his eyes closed...He looked at peace." (Moore,15) -
AUG 18, 1984 Wes and his family move to New York
Wes,his mom and two sisters move to New York to live with their grandparents after their mom is finding it too children by herself."I think we need to move up there." "We were actually leaving Maryland" (Moore,37) -
SEP 16, 1984 Wes get suspended for fighting
Wes gets suspended from his new school,River dale,for fighting. "A few weeks earlier I had been suspended for fighting" (Moore,50) -
OCT 10, 1984 Military school wasn't just a threat
Wes first mentions to is friend Justin that his mom has been threatening to send him to military school. "My mother had begun to threaten me with military school if I didn't get my grades and discipline together." (Moore,54) -
MAY 10, 1987 Wes's older brother gets shot while dealing drugs.
Wes reconsiders being a part of the "drug game" but does not stop dealing. -
OCT 25, 1989 Wes gets arrested for the first time
Wes gets arrested for the first time because he got caught tagging a wall with his friend Shea, "As I lay on the hoof of the car,with the officer's hands pressing against every part of me,searching me" (Moore,81) -
MAY 10, 1990 Westley gets arrested for the first time.
Westley "splashes in the shallow end of the criminal pool" by tagging walls and gets arrested but not charged. His mother does not find out. -
MAY 10, 1990 Westley starts ditching school
Westley picks when he goes to school and as a result isn't doing very well. His mother is becoming worried. -
FEB 6, 1991 Wes gets shipped off to Valley Forge
Wes didn't believe his mom would do it, but she did, she sent him to Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, Pennsylvania. "Welcome to military school. Our days began before the sun came up and ended well after it retired" (Moore,89) -
MAY 10, 1993 Wes becomes a father
For the second time. His older child and this child share a mother. -
MAY 10, 1984 Westley and his mother and two sisters move in to grandparents house in New York.
Westley has a set of rules to follow and attends a private school. Which he gets suspended from for fighting. -
MAY 10, 1994 Wes gets arrested.
He accidentaly sells drugs to a police officer. -
MAY 10, 1995 Wes Becomes a father.
For a third time. This child and the previous two do not have the same mother. -
NOV 28, 1995 Wes moved up in the world
Wes became a Platoon Sergeant, a cadet master sergeant and the youngest senior non-commissioned officer in the entire corps. "Three years ago,In an ironic turn I was now one of the ones in charge of them" (Moore,115) -
MAY 10, 1996 Wes becomes a father
For the fourth and final time. This child and the third child share a mother. -
MAY 10, 1997 Wes joins Job Corps
To try and turn his life around, Wes earns his GED and then learns enough to become a successful carpenter. -
MAY 23, 1997 Future is near
After Colonel Murphy announced that he was leaving the academy, Wes realized that he wanted to leave a grand legacy like Colonel Murphy was leaving..receive my associates degree and become a second lieutenant in the army. I want to lead soldiers." (Moore,133) -
MAY 10, 2000 Wes is arrested.
And put in jail for life on the charge of shooting and killing a police officer. -
SEP 10, 2000 Wes exceeds his goals
To Wes' surprise, he gets accepted into John Hopkins University and receives scholarship money, despite his low SAT scores. " I knew that landing admission at Hopkins would be a stretch at best. But months later,Moore,160)
