"how can a mother's pleas compete with the thrill of having wads of cash handed to you when your pockets are empty and the pantry is bare? " sam writes (p.53) "sure, you see cats your age dying all the time, but you figure that's the price you pay for being born poor. and you accept your fate, unless someone or something convinces you that you have the power to change the script." discuss the narrators' success in the context of this statement. who or what provided that "someone or something" for these three boys?