In Peace Like A River, Leif Enger utilizes the chapter title, Boy Ready, to connect Davy’s situation to the constellation, also named Boy Ready, in the dark night sky. As the book progresses, Jape Waltzer explains to Reuben Land about a legend entitled Boy Ready. A quote from the book is “The boy charmed all with his bravery and wit and was adopted by the king himself and was wise and arms and letters; at last he became king himself and was wise and good”(268). But Waltzer revealed that the boy set the fire himself (268). The quote represents Davy’s life before Finch and Basca intruded into Davy’s personal life: His girlfriend, his family, and his house. Additionally, the quote shows that the boy, Boy Ready, set the fire to the village himself,