Read the excerpt from the essay "Abroad at Home: An American Story" by Anthony Lewis. They were boat people. They had left Vietnam on a small fishing boat, which lost its engine in a storm. They drifted for days until they made it to Malaysia -- swimming in at night to avoid patrol boats that had fired at them. . . . Phong Dinh tried unsuccessfully 25 times to get out of Vietnam by boat. He paid boatmen who never turned up . . . That left the oldest child, Van Dinh. She had helped her father pay the boatmen. But it was six years before she managed to leave herself: on a boat . . . Choose the option that correctly identifies all of the following about the excerpt from Lewis's essay: 1. Essay tone 2. What the tone reveals about the universal themeA.1. realistic2. The tone reveals that, universally, humankind is perseverant and will do what it takes to survive.B.1. concerned2. The tone reveals that, universally, humankind will not persevere.C.1. impersonal2. The tone reveals that any community that relies on boats for transportation struggles immensely.D.1. unrealistic2. The tone reveals that the plans of this culture were not well planned for success.

The tone that correctly identifies and reveals the universal theme is option A as it is realistic and reveals that humans will persevere even in the face of difficult times and will do anything to survive.

This is shown by the attempts by Phong Dinh to leave Vietnam by boat and being unsuccessful 25 times as the paid boatmen never showed up.

The will to survive and succeed was shown when his eldest child Van Dinh managed to finally leave on a boat after six years.