The group members were walking away from a town that was falling apart as it was getting destroyed by scavengers. After walking a few steps, Lauren writes that, “There were two voices calling from the rubble. Both sounded like women. One was pleading, the other cursing. We located them by the sound of their voices, then Zahra, Travis and I began throwing off rubble—dry, broken wood, plaster, plastic, and brick…”(231).This text shows that the group members placed themselves in possible danger to save strangers that could have easily been thieves. Lauren and Bankole went to rescue the girls under the rubble because they understood they needed help and their human nature kicked in which was to help those in …show more content…
Lauren’s group was attacked by drug addicts and one member of Lauren’s group died. Lauren writes “Jill Gilchrist is dead. She was shot in the back as she ran toward the trees carrying Tori”(298). This quote states that Jill died protecting Tori as they were getting attacked. Tori and Jillian were not related and they were once total strangers. Jillian put herself in danger for Tori .Jillian died because she protected a child that was not hers. Jillian by nature protected the child but she could have followed Mora’s example and ran away as soon as