This excerpt expresses the theme that it can be difficult to know yourself and your place in the world. Which excerpt from "To Live" expresses the same theme? I sit in my
crunched-in
restraining
desk, they call it.
with my paper
and my pen
and I am
supposed to see
the blackboard
around the tall boy
en frente de mi
but my head
won’t translate
this language
log base b of a squared
carbon monoxide
reacting with phosphorus
learning without
knowing
without room
to learn how
to know myself
to be myself