Love, family, and small thrills are but three things to live for. Sometimes they are the only things to live for. Sometimes they are what drive us to survive. For some of the inmates at Angola State Prison, there is little to live for and they still survive. Daniel Bergner once stated, "We live for whatever it is possible to live for?óÔé¼?ª" 168. But what do the inmates of Angola live for? What brings meaning into their lives? Many of the inmates at Angola have been convicted of capital crimes. Many have no chance for parole. They still survive; they...
Terry turned to the rodeo. He was encouraged by the guards to use the rodeo as a purpose. So, Terry did. He used the rodeo as a reason to live.

For the inmates of Angola, a reason to live was the most important fact of their lives. Without a reason to survive, many inmates probably would not. So long as a reason existed, even the most desperate could dream; dream of all the things that would allow them the slightest comfort. The smallest purpose could give an inmate's life meaning, and with meaning a reason to continue and survive.