How does Ponyboy try to avoid thinking about Johnny and Dally?

What? I don’t understand what you are trying to say?

I don’t remember that much because I read the back in middle school but I’m pretty sure he would read a lot of books to distract himself he would read in an a abandon church that caught on fire and had to save to some kids with his other brother than they got all burnt up and went to the hospital and I forgot who but one of them die for the severe burns

So the passage is about the comic mask is ugly