Read this excerpt from The Outsiders.I was wishing I looked like Paul Newman—he looks tough and I don’t—but I guess my own looks aren’t so bad. I have light-brown, almost-red hair and greenish-gray eyes. I wish they were more gray, because I hate most guys that have green eyes, but I have to be content with what I have.

The narrator compares his appearance with Paul Newman’s and wishes his eyes looked different, but admits he has to be content with what he has. This supports the idea that people should accept and be happy with themselves. Choice A, “Be happy with the person you are,” best expresses that idea.

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