Hallway Hangers Analysis

Social institution is described as, what is accepted way of doing things in a society and social institution is very prevalent in the projects of Clarendon Heights. Poor, white and lazy and three perfect ways to describe the Hallway Hangers, yet one would think that if one came from background of unfortunate circumstance you would want better for yourself and all others around you. Social institution had a major impact of the Hallway Hangers; it especially played role when it come to the schooling of the Hallway Hangers. School was always being looked at as placer where the hallway Hangers would hang out and just have fun, that’s all fine and dandy if you are there to receive and education as well. Meanwhile, the Hallway Hangers did not school …show more content…
Twenty years. Ima be fucking dead. Imay be f****** dead. I live a day at a time. I’ll probably in a f****** pen” said by Frankie of the Hallway Hangers. By me growing up crime ridden society I know the feeling of fearing for life, but you ultimately have to hope that will make out alive and well. Meanwhile, the Hallway Hangers were so deeply entrenched in a social institutionalized manner that making it out poverty was not an option, because the only two options they knew were either death or jail. School was the legit and only way for the Hallway Hangers to make it out, because with their mindset and the absence school affected them heavily, because there was no shooting or the stars it was only standing on the corner. Faith and hope can get you very far in life, yet if you have become trapped in the social institutional belief, that education is not worth pursuing. On the other hand, we must analyze the opportunities factor that is involved in this as …show more content…
Social institution shaped the Hallway Hangers and made them believe the opportunities only involved money and if they didn’t, then it was not a goal in their eyes. For instance, one of the Hallway Hangers by the name of Slick even say “Out here, theres not the opportunity to make money. That’s how you get into stealin’ and all that shi*” money was always the end goal and that was due to the fact all the Hallway Hangers knew was quick money. If the profit could not be made in quick manner, the tangible benefits of the money diminished in their eyes significantly. The hope of getting a job to make legal money, the lack of motivation and hope were just many of the ways in which social institutional made the Hallway Hangers believe that education is not a serious