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Character Analysis: Wes Down The Wrong Path
Currently Tony is trying to tell Wes, who is now currently in prison, to stay in school. He is trying to lead Wes down the right path in life. Tony, however, didn’t go down the right path and knows that if Wes follows him he won’t have a shot at a good life. Wes now has two choices that he could take that will shape the rest of his life and he happens to follow Tony down the wrong
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