The main characters Ponyboy, Sodapop, and Darry live in a home by themselves because their parents died in a car crash. Darry is now considered the dad of the family. He’s the one looking out for everybody to make sure they don’t get in too much trouble. So in a way the boys aren’t responsible for their actions, they are just boys, even if they think they should stop what they are doing, they just don’t know any better. In the story the main conflict is when most of the boys are walking out in a picnic area and a fire is started at a church. What people didn’t know was that there were still children in the building so Johnny and Ponyboy jump in to help. They get all the children out but unfortunately the church begins to collapse. Ponyboy manages
