Which theme is expressed in this excerpt from Rudyard Kipling’s “If”?


If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it, And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!




A. It is most important to be kind to the poor.



B. A balanced life makes boys become good men.




C. Running and jogging help maintain one’s health.




D. Being rich should be a person’s ultimate goal.


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Answer:

B. A balanced life makes boys become good men.

Explanation:

The importance of thei excerpt is the fact that a men that is able to mantain a balanced life, to be the same with the rich and with the poor, with the educated and uneducated will make him able to become a good men, this balance and humbleness makes a boy become a man. The importance of giving the adecuate importance to the good and bad things in life is what would make a balanced life.