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The lines are poignant because they illustrate that, after our own deaths, life will go on in the world.
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Answer:
He felt bad because they had started the fire
Explanation:
According to The Outsiders by S. E Hinton, story is told of two juvenile delinquents Ponnyboy and Johnny who are running away from the law. While they are in hiding, they inadvertently start a fire at the church where they have been hiding with a cigarette.
Johnny goes in with Ponnyboy and rescues the kids from the fire and Johnny suffers a broken back after a lumber of burning wood fell on his back.
Johnny's emotions during the fire was that he felt bad because they had started the fire.