"I guess it's sometimes hard to distinguish between second and last chances". That quote is from the novel "The Other Wes Moore" by Wes Moore and the quote has a really deep meaning. In middle school if we get in trouble, it's usually not something bad enough to really mess up our future; we just get punished by either getting sent home or just getting talked to by an administrator. Because of those punishments, we never really know if something is going to be our last or second chance, we've always been given a chance to start over even if we used like fifteen chances. So if we end up doing something stupid in high school, it may be our last chance and we wouldn't have known it because we're so used to being given all of these chances.
To me, this quote means that people never really know when they're all out of chances, when something is going to ruin their whole life or when they still have a chance or two left. In life we are never told when our chances are up. One day you could do something and not get a big punishment but then the next day you could do something stupid and have it ruin your entire life. If people knew how many chances they have left there would be a whole lot of people who wouldn't be in jail right now. Maybe sometimes you aren't really given any chances and you do something so stupid that you are sentenced life in prison. This quote relates to the novel because Wes did a lot of stupid stuff when he was growing up. For example he tried to stab someone but he got lucky and since he was a minor got charged with attempted murder, he also tried to shoot someone but never got a full time in jail, he got a girl pregnant, but then he got caught selling drugs and was in jail for a long time. He used up all his chances there, his daughter could only see him in prison growing up.
I feel like this quote is telling people to be careful of their actions because they never know when they could have some more chances left, or it could be their last.
You did a terrific job of explaining the meaning of the quote and connecting it to your own life, but you need to do a better job of connecting to the novel. In your response, the greater amount of detail should come from the novel, not your personal experience. Grade: 80%
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