Strength and hope are two important aspects that push us to better versions of who we are and what we can be hence if they lack in our daily routines we are prone to danger. In "Hard Rock Returns to Prison" by Etheridge Knight ‘Hard Rock’ is highly respected by the inmates. He is labeled the ‘Destroyer’ as he gave them hope. As much as the authority despised, feared and punished him severely for coming out he still stood out as a pillar of strength. For instance, “…eyes on the ground. Crushed. / He had been our Destroyer, the doer of things / We dreamed of doing but could not bring ourselves to do,” this shows that they looked up to him. The constant reminder of their inferiority by their oppressors had them resigned to fate which “Hard Rock”