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"He had never met his father at least not that he remembered."(Moore, 16) -
"My first name, Westly, is my fathers."(Moore, 6) -
"Untreated because of the earlier misdiagnosis my father's body suffocated itself" (Moore,15) -
"He lifted all eighty pounds of Wes off the ground, slamming him facefirst on the police cruiser." (Moore, 34) -
"My mother prepared us for the move by telling us about her wonderful childhood on the glories of the Bronx." (Moore, 38) -
"My mother saw Riverdale as a haven, a place where i could escape my neighborhood and open my horizons." (Moore, 48) -
"A few weeks earlier i had been suspended for fighting."(Moore, 50) -
"First, Tony got shot in the chest during a botched drug deal."(Moore, 57) -
"...with the officer's hands pressing against every part of me, searching me, i watched Shea twenty feet away on the ground getting the same treatment."(Moore,81) -
"But Wes was rationalized i am not actually selling drugs." (Moore 58) -
"Wes knew all about weed but never had actually tries it. He cautiously puts the rolled up joint to his mouth and inhaled." (Moore 60) -
"Maybe i could manage this military school thing." (Moore, 89) -
"Alicia is pregnant. Like 3 months." (Moore 99) -
"He was escorted downstairs by three police officers led to the back of their car and shoved in." (Moore 106) -
"Getting arrested was starting to feel routine."(Moore 114) -
"In an iconic turn, i was now one of the ones in charge of them." (Moore, 115) -
"i wanted to lead soldiers." (Moore, 133) -
"As the baking soda swirled in the rapidly heating pot, Wes held the plastic bag with both hands and poured in nine ounces of cocaine." (Moore 145) -
"Not only was i accepted but i would receive scholarship money."(Moore, 160) -
"The sentence was indeed life in prison without the possibility of parole. The guards placed their hands on Wes and shuffled him away." (Moore 157)