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The Outsiders Persuasive Speech

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Two young boys named Ponyboy Curtis, a 14 year old boy whose parents died and is taken care of his oldest brother, Dally Winston, a 17 year boy with experience at jail, and Johnny Cade, a 16 year old boy whose parents don’t care for him, saved a couple of children in a run down burning church. These boys are miracles, that risked their lives to save others. Yesterday, a fire was caused in a church trapping children. Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally jumps through a burning window in search of the kids. The boys quickly find the kids and hand them out through the window to safety. “We dropped the last kids out as the front of the church started to crumble. Get out!” After rescuing the last kid out the window, Johnny pushes Pony out the window

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