Moore’s admission that he doesn’t know what made the difference between him and Wes may seem frustrating. After spending so many hours interviewing, researching, and writing, how is it possible that he cannot determine how their two fates came to diverge? As Moore indicates throughout the book, however, destinies are shaped not by single, decisive events so much as the accumulation of millions of much smaller moments that are impossible to view in isolation from each other. Moore’s hope that other children will be encouraged to be “free” as a result of his work is bittersweet; for Moore, this means a chance of others following in his footsteps. For Wes, it means others opening doors that are closed to him forever.