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What happened to the church from The Outsiders?
When they come back, they find that the church is on fire and then learn that a bunch of kids are stuck inside. So Johnny and Ponyboy break in through a window and rescue the children just before the church collapses.
What state was the church in The Outsiders?
The church fire in the fictitious town of Windrixville was filmed in a location that is now underwater at Skiatook Lake, northwest of Tulsa.
What does the abandoned church mean in The Outsiders?
What is the symbolism for the church? The church was a safe haven for both Ponyboy and Johnny. It was a hideout for them as they were hiding from the crime that was committed. It was a place that allowed them to be themselves and reflect on their lives.
What church did Johnny and Ponyboy run away to?
So, Johnny takes out his knife and stabs Bob, the Soc who is trying to drown Ponyboy, killing him. After this happens, Johnny and Ponyboy run to Dally for advice, and he tells them to go to Windrixville; while there they hide out in an abandoned church on Jay Mountain.
How did the church in the outsiders catch on fire?
The church fire happens in chapter 5 when one of the cigarettes that Ponyboy and Johnny leave in the church catches fire. The problem is that children on a school trip have gone to explore the church and end up trapped inside the burning building.
Where in the church does Ponyboy find a group of children?
At the back of the church, they find the children huddled together and terrified. As he runs through the smoky inferno, Ponyboy wonders why he is not scared. He and Johnny lift the children out of the window.
Where is the burning church in the Outsiders?
The burning church. The old and abandoned church is situated on Jay Mountain near Windrixville. The church is the place where Ponyboy and Johnny hide after Johnny killed Bob. Early in the morning, Johnny goes to town to by food.
How does Ponyboy describe the abandoned church in the Outsiders?
He could have described the small, abandoned church as “peaceful.” That would have given the two paragraphs a completely different feeling. Instead, he describes it as “creepy.” The addition of the word “premonition” doesn’t help the reader get good feelings either. I’ve never heard or seen that word used in a way that foreshadows good things.
How did Johnny get Out of the burning church?
Some say that some kids played with a match or that it was a cigarette that Johnny or Ponyboy didn’t put out. Johnny and Ponyboy help to save some schoolchildren from the burning church. When they try to get out, a piece of timber falls on top of Johnny, breaking his back. Dally also risks his life to get Johnny out of the burning church.
Why does Johnny not see the sunset in the Outsiders?
Johnny confesses that he never noticed “colors and clouds and stuff” until Ponyboy pointed them out to him. The fact that Ponyboy cannot see the sunset from the back of the church represents how disconnected he feels from reality and his own identity.