Finding Evidence to Support a Theme
"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 for nothing. It
takes all sorts of people to make a great fire."
- The Great Fire,
Jim Murphy
Which detail supports the theme that disasters bring
out the worst in people?
O "I saw a great many kindly acts done as we moved
along
O "The poor helped the rich, and the rich helped the
poor.
O "I heard of cartmen demanding one hundred and
fifty dollars
for carrying a single load."