Which universal theme can be found in the excerpt? Read this excerpt from The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton.
I love Soda more than I've ever loved anyone, even
Mom and Dad. He's always happy-go-lucky and
grinning, while Darry's hard and firm and rarely grins at
all. But then, Dany's gone through a lot in his twenty
years grown up too fast. Sodapop'll never grow up at
all I don't know which way's the best. I'll find out one
of these days
Hardships are part of life's journey
Small things make a big difference.
Life can sometimes be unfair.
Life experiences shape character...