Part 2: Chapters 1 and 2 Summary

In the ending of Year Twenty-One, Ish, as usual, is thinking about the future of his "tribe," as they've been calling themselves for years. The children scatter to scavenge boards and to find a can of gasoline to start a fire for the celebration. Later, some of the children will throw bullets into the fire to hear them combust. Ish considers that the stock of these supplies is not being replenished and that there'll come a time when there are no more bullets, no more gasoline and no more canned food. There are constant conversations in which George wants to move a gas refrigerator to their neighborhood and the children, having never had ice, see no need in it. Then Ish typically points out that they must become proactive rather than sitting around doing nothing. At one point, Ezra...