Ms. Mercati wrote back again.
I do think brainstorming with the guys, letting them talk and feel out their characters, and remember they need someone to put down to feel better about their low place in life, would help.And also to emphasize the poverty and sadness they live in, and see no way out but obeying the bosses.Hope this helps.My growing up was so different. My high school was the last school to be integrated in Chicago and those were hard, horrible times, guns, the whole bit, white guys blocking the entrances, black girlsbeing harassed, people yelling at teenagers just trying to get into school. It just all stems out of ignorance.Cindy