The fire was fierce and were guided by the little kids screaming and coughing for help. When Ponyboy and Johnny found the kids they immediatley, one by one picked up the kids and threw them out of a opening in a window. A few minutes later Dally had joined them throwing Ponyboy first, then Johnny and just in time before the entire church had collapsed on them. Shortly after the ambulances came and took the three greasers quickly to the hospital. Ponyboy was the first to wake up, Dally had clubbed him very hard because his whole back was on
" Valence claimed to have sent the boys home angrily. “Marcia and I were enjoying our night when a friend of Ponyboy’s began chatting us up in a very rude manner. Ponyboy and Johnny stuck up for us. They were very chivalrous,
“Your love saved me, Skye.” She sighed. “You know my name is Daisy, right?” she asked calmly.
It’s worth saving those kids. Their lives are worth more than mine. They have more to live for” (178). When Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally are going back to the church to hide out, they see it is on fire. Heroically, Johnny runs into the church.
Ponyboy yells to the teacher, “I’ll get them, don’t worry… I’ll get them,” and immediately rushes into the burning building to rescue the children. This quote shows the true nature of Ponyboy because he is concerned for a group of children
“We have to succeed,” Calla said worried. “We will” Keaton replied comfortingly “If it doesn’t we are putting so many lives in danger,” Calla said. “We know what is at stake,” Keaton said. “We signed up for the military, we knew that it was going to dangerous. The Next Morning the team headed to the lake.
He then becomes aggressive. “Setting fire to a place isn’t that easy,” Mark said lightly. “It takes more work than that.” “What do you mean?” “You’ve got to get the curtains started.
" Well that 's what started the fire and I 'm here to over time teach you how to control those feelings and use your powers properly. I 'm guessing you still don 't believe me so I 'm just going to have to show you I suppose. " He held his hand out with his palm facing upwards.
They stayed there for a week before Dally, one of their greaser friends, came and took them to Dairy Queen. When they drove back to the church, it was on fire and there were little kids inside. They ran inside and got the kids out. When Ponyboy realized that they were the ones to start the fire because of a cigarette, he said, “I’ll get them, don’t worry!” (78)
Moreover, this shows that the boys recognize and believe in civilization. The boys know that building a fire is a priority and they said, “A fire! Make a fire!” , when they were thinking of ways to escape off the island (Golding 38). While thinking of a fire, the boys started displaying their savage side.
Ralph’s tribe worried about keeping the fire going. Ralph said repeatedly in astonishment, “You let the fire go out.” (58). Regardless of what they did, Ralph’s tribe was worried about surviving and being rescued.
You let the fire go out… We can light the fire again. You should have been with us, Ralph. We had a smashing time. The twins got knocked over-.” Sam and Eric caused a conflict between Ralph and Jack because of their obedience.
This is shown when he states “‘Fire! I see fire! I see a fire!’ There was a moment of panic. Who had screamed?
After that, Ponyboy finds himself in a situation that he personally can’t back out of. It’s the fire at the church. Ponyboy, starts running in to help save the children, but when he turns around, he sees Johnny. “Hey Ponyboy,” Johnny says. Johnny was following Ponyboy into the fire to help save the kids.
he shouts to his sons; “the woods are burning!” when he gropes for metaphoric expression, he uses stale expressions: “because you got a greatness in you, Biff, remember that… .Like young God. Hercules-something like that. And the sun, the sun all around him.”
