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The Other Wes Moore (Wes)
Tony is Wes’s older half-brother, born to Mary when she was only 16. He spends most of his time in the Murphy Homes Projects and has been dealing drugs since before the age of ten. By the time he is 14, he is a “certified gangsta” with a fierce reputation. He is also the closest thing Wes has to a father figure. Although Tony tirelessly tries to convince Wes to pursue a different path, eventually he gives up, admitting that there is nothing he can do to stop Wes making the same decisions as he did. When Wes and Tony are arrested for the murder of Sergeant Prothero, Tony is convicted as the “trigger man” and pleads guilty in order to avoid the death penalty. He dies in prison of kidney failure at the age of 38.
Tony Quotes in The Other Wes Moore
The The Other Wes Moore quotes below are all either spoken by Tony or refer to Tony. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 2
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The walls and floors were coated with filth and graffiti. Flickering fluorescent tubes (the ones that weren't completely broken) dimly lit the cinder-block hallways. The constantly broken-down elevators forced residents to climb claustrophobic, urine-scented stairways. And the drug game was everywhere, with a gun handle protruding from the top of every tenth teenager's waistline. People who lived in Murphy Homes felt like prisoners, kept in check by roving bands of gun-strapped kids and a nightmare army of drug fiends. This was where Tony chose to spend his days.
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Tony Quotes in The Other Wes Moore
The The Other Wes Moore quotes below are all either spoken by Tony or refer to Tony. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 2
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The walls and floors were coated with filth and graffiti. Flickering fluorescent tubes (the ones that weren't completely broken) dimly lit the cinder-block hallways. The constantly broken-down elevators forced residents to climb claustrophobic, urine-scented stairways. And the drug game was everywhere, with a gun handle protruding from the top of every tenth teenager's waistline. People who lived in Murphy Homes felt like prisoners, kept in check by roving bands of gun-strapped kids and a nightmare army of drug fiends. This was where Tony chose to spend his days.
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