Read the excerpts from "Escape" and "To Live" I must take this test just like everyone
Takes tests
I am closing in on the sky
Hoping it will try to escape

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learning without
knowing
without room
to learn how
to know myself
to be myself
What theme is expressed in both these excerpts?

In 3-5 complete sentences, thoroughly explain how the protagonist’s cultural background affects his or her actions and choices in your module one short story ? provide at least two specific details from the text to show how the protagonist’s cultural background affects his or her actions and choices.