"I said we are going back and turn ourselves in."

“I was glad we were going back. I was sick of the church. I didn’t care if I was bald.”

“I ain’t got no record with the fuzz and it was self-defense.”

"That was the only time I can think of when I saw him without that defeated, suspicious look in his eyes. He looked like he was having the time of his life."

Two broken legs.

A broken back and 3rd degree burns.

A concussion and bad burns.

A broken neck.

They held the door open for them.

They dropped them from a window.

They used a ladder to get them out the window.

They didn't get them out of the church.

The children got lost

Their parents dropped them off

The children were on a field trip

The children were hiding from the police

To save his favorite jacket: "Your jacket was on fire, that's why he hit you"

To save Johnny, not the kids: "Forget those blasted kids, get out of there!"

To help Johnny save the kids: "Shut up, we are going to get you out of here... Johnny was not behaving like his old self."

that Darry missed him

that Darry is afraid of losing Pony

that Darry is acting like a parent

that Darry doesn't care

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