Explain how both poems address the theme that personal identity can have many layers. Use details from both poems in your response.

Both poems deal with the idea that personal identity has many layers. In "Escape," the speaker feels like others seem to know her better than she knows herself, but she says that she is not what they think. In "To Live," the speaker has two cultures that influence who she is. She also writes about how hard it is to figure out who you are with all the distractions that are around you.