Read this excerpt from The Great Fire.
What evidence in this excerpt supports the theme that
ordinary people can act heroically in difficult times?
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"I saw a great many kindly acts done as we moved along,"
White would recall almost fondly. "The poor helped the rich,
and the rich helped the poor (if anybody could be called rich
at such a time) to get on with their loads. I heard of cartmen
demanding one hundred and fifty dollars (in hand, of course)
for carrying a single load. Very likely it was so, but those
cases did not come under my own notice. It did come under
my notice that some cartmen worked for whatever the
sufferers felt able to pay, and one I knew worked with alacrity
of my
all sorts of people to make a great fire."
Some cartmen tried to overcharge people who needed
help.
People hurried away from the fire in large, chaotic groups.
Many people were unable to carry their belongings on
their own
Some cartmen helped others haul their belongs for little to
no pay
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