changing for the better?

The boys of the Hallway Hangers had a hard future in front of them. Faced with an unfair advantage, many of the Hallway Hangers were faced with challenges. In societies eyes, they were already failures at life. In turn, they also felt that way about themselves.
Many of the Hallway Hangers were setting themselves up for failure. Many of the boys were incarcerated, had children, hit high drug habits, sold drugs to make extra money and maintained low paying jobs or "under the table" jobs. If they weren't employed, they were unemployed. Many of them feel blessed to be alive. I believe it was Jinx or Boo-boo that said that they never expected to be alive. They thought they were going to be dead. Others have hit hard times and are coping with it. One of the boys had a girlfriend and daughter who passed away. That is a hard situation to recover from, especially when you think you have found a security that will back you up through the hard times and the bad.

Although many of them have "failed" at life, I believe that some of them have had success in some ways or another. Frankie is one that has really changed their life. He prays, goes to church, and does not drink or smoke. He has gone to some college training and has changed for the better. Even though Frankie was unemployed, I consider him to be a success story. He has changed his life. He never thought that this would happen to him, and I'm sure no one thought that this would happen. But this is inspiring because he did something that he thought he could never do. He changed his perspective on life, and has tried to make a better life for himself.