How do the speaker’s references to schoolwork in "to live" build the theme that life can get in the way of figuring out who you really are? they show that the speaker does not understand how to succeed. they show that the speaker wants to know about everything except herself. they show how the speaker is distracted by all of life’s particular details. they show how the speaker is unable to see life the way others do.

Read this excerpt from we’ve got a job: the 1963 children’s march. though connor was commissioner of public safety, blacks knew that it wasn't their health and safety he intended to protect. and he certainly didn't put out their fires. between the late 1940s and early 1960s, more than fifty black homes and churches in birmingham were bombed. one neighborhood was hit so often, it was called "dynamite hill." no one was ever prosecuted, even when the police could identify the bombers. what is the tone of the excerpt? inquisitive sentimental apologetic scornful