The theme of this excerpt is there are nice people in the world.
P.2 (body paragraph about theme)
This is the theme of the story because on 15 through 25 is stating that “I suppose. Hey, you don’t have anything to eat on you, do you?” Willie shook his head, then said, “Would you like some cake?” “What kind?” “I don’t know. Cake.” “Depends on the cake.” On Friday Willie said to the man, “I found out what kind of cake it is.” “Yeah?” “Pound cake. But I don’t know why it’s called that.” “Long as it’s cake it probably don’t matter.”Therefore wille is suggesting if the guy wants cake because he seems unhappy. Another evidence is on 5 through 10,“A cure for unhappiness.” The man pursed his cracked lips and blew a silent whistle.