Read this excerpt from The Outsiders
What is the universal theme of this excerpt?
Tabout decided I didn't like it so much, though, when!
Spotted that red Corvair trailing me I was almost two
blocks from home then, so I started walking a little faster
had never been jumped, but I had seen Johnny after four
Socs got hold of him, and it wasn't pretty Johnny was
scared of his own shadow after that Johnny was sixteen
then
Hard work pays off
Love conquers all
Dramatic life events cause change
Things are seldom what they seem