Read the excerpts from "to live." i sit in my crunched-in restraining desk, they call it. with my paper and my pen *** and my mind on my text and my pen on the page *** i see through the paper and my pen writes why does the speaker most likely repeat the references to her pen and paper?

to emphasize how much she enjoys school and learning
to emphasize how much she struggles with writing
to show what is most important to her in life to show the routine and distractions of her everyday life