Read this excerpt from the great fire. "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." what evidence in this excerpt supports the theme that ordinary people can act heroically in difficult times?

Jim Murphy's book The Great Fire is a children's and young adult novel about the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, which largely destroyed the city of Chicago. The Big Fire, which is based on the great fire that occurred in Chicago, was a 1996 Newbery Medal honor book. The massive blaze, which broke out in the O'Learys' barnyard, burned for thirty hours. The first person to spot the fire was Daniel "Pegleg" Sullivan, who hurried to save the cows in the barn and alert the O'Learys that their farm was on fire. William Lee, the O'Learys' next-door neighbor, ran to the pharmacy to report a fire alarm.

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