Which of the following is a universal theme that applies to the novel a tree grows in brooklyn by betty smith? a)true love must be earned before it is allowed. b)childhood is a time to learn life lessons. c)to find oneself, one must be willing to lose oneself. d)rules were made to be broken.

 The universal theme that applies to the novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith is b)Childhood is a time to learn life lessons. Throughout the story the protagonist learns about a life lesson when it comes to describe her life events - she does it in the way how they actually happened unlike her writing, when she wrote, she did it in the way that she thought it should have happened. This contrast also stands as a life lesson. 

Bi think might be wrong