Why did Frank not follow Nicole’s request even after knowing that building was on fire ?Frank didn't follow Nicole's advice even though he knew that the building was on fire. He wanted to direct the evacuees to people and help those who were in need.

The narrator plays a great role in the story to expose the unkind and uncivilized nature of the grown ups. The narrator of the story is a boy who presents the adults' world from his perspective. He looks into the adults' world and finds it ugly, unkind and uncivilized. He displays each and every unkind activity of theirs in the story. By presenting two different worlds in the story, the narrator persuades his readers that the adult's nature is unkind...

After Benjamin Franklyn and Will Sentry collected the fund and prepared the list of the outing members, we decided to start the outing on a Sunday morning. I set off with my nephew, who was only the boy, from my house and moved towards the Charabanc which we hired for our outing to Porthcawl. Everyone got quite surprised seeing me accompanied by my nephew. The matter finally settled, and we drove off for Porthcawl. No sooner had we passed the village, we...