Soda is different from anybody; he understands everything, almost. Like he's never hollering at me all the time the way Darry is
, or treating me as if I was six instead of fourteen. . . . He's always happy-go-lucky and grinning, while Darry's hard and firm and rarely grins at all. But then, Darry'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. —The Outsiders,
S.E. Hinton
Based on this passage, what is the theme of the story?
It is good to seek help from older people, because they know best.
People often struggle to fit in; they question the right way to live their lives.
It is better to laugh often than to be serious all the time.
Explanation: From that passage I just really feel like it’s C. It definitely doesn’t seem to be B. Pony boy isn’t asking Sodapop for advice in this passage, he’s more of just saying that Sodapop is a fun guy to be around. Hope this helps!
He shows that just being educated and knowing how things work does not mean that you truly and deeply understand and enjoy nature. Scientific explanations remove the magic that nature can have and explaining a star can never be as great as observing stars during a night. That is what Whitman is trying to say.
