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